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...
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...
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...
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...
As legislators argue about how to best "fix" Social Security, one of the repeated problems plaguing the system is the disability backlog. For most applicants, even a review of the initial application can take 3 to 5 months, with approximately 70 percent of those...
Some criminal charges are the result of a months-long investigation. Others happen after a victim or witness calls 9-1-1 for help or to report a crime. Many, however, happen quickly, simply, and without warning following a routine traffic stop. If you have been...
No one will disagree that parenting can be hard work. Although most parents would not trade their children for anything, even the best parents in the happiest families will agree that sometimes being a parent is challenging and stressful. Unfortunately, not everyone...
On their Facebook page, the Oklahoma City Police Department released surveillance video from a local Walmart store in hopes that the public can help them identify a man suspected of car burglary and credit card fraud. Police say the man broke into a vehicle in early...
The United States Constitution grants states the right to self-govern in many cases. Each state has its own criminal code, and any violation of the statutes therein is a state offense subject to prosecution in the state courts. The Oklahoma criminal court system is...
Recent years have seen the pendulum swing in the “war on drugs” that began in the 1970’s and reached fervor pitch in the 1980’s. Last summer, Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed that the United States Justice Department would no longer...
