Did you know it’s possible to terminate your supervised release earlier than the sentenced term given to you? The courts may terminate the term of supervised release based on the fact that the individual is no longer in need of supervision. Your attorney can...
Year: 2015
Ex-DHS Worker Charged with Identity Theft
A former Oklahoma Department of Human Services child welfare specialist is charged with identity theft and a computer crime in Pottawatomie County. Brenda R. McAlister, 56, of Shawnee, was fired from DHS in late December after she was accused of wrongdoing in...
What is Financial Exploitation by Caretaker?
A woman has been charged in Kay County District Court after she was accused of taking more than $2,000 from the Ponca City nursing home where she used to work. Medicaid Fraud Unit Investigators say that the former nursing home administrator admitted to her...
Understanding Oklahoma Rape Charges
In Oklahoma, there are several acts which are classified as sex offenses. These range from violent, forcible acts of rape or sexual assault to apparently consensual sexual encounters wherein one party does not have the legal capacity to consent to the encounter. In...
What is Fraud?
Under federal law, there are dozens of ways a person can be charged with "fraud." From statutes prohibiting fraud in general to statutes covering specific acts of fraud, such as wire fraud, the United States Code is filled with fraud provisions that criminalize and...

