Boley News

MAHOMET – A Mahomet man remained hospitalized Wednesday with injuries he received in an accident Saturday night in that village.

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper previously suspended for scuffling with an ambulance attendant has been placed on paid administrative leave after being accused of using excessive force.

STROUD a ' The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has scheduled a hastily arranged news conference to announce possible disciplinary action against a trooper who became involved in a widely publicized scuffle with a paramedic in May.

State prison offi- cials turn over 22 illegal immigrant inmates to immi- gration agents.

Nearly two dozen illegal inmates in state prison have been turned over to federal authorities for deportation.

A Creek Nation paramedic involved in a scuffle with a state trooper last month at Paden has had a good working relationship with law enforcement in Mayes and Muskogee counties, where he worked before, authorities said Tuesday.

Bothered that an ambulance driver failed to yield to him as he raced to provide backup on a call - and angered further when he thought the driver flipped him an obscene gesture - state Trooper Daniel Martin decided to stop the ambulance and give the driver a piece of his mind.

Clara Harper of Boley on Saturday watched the dashboard video from the patrol car of a state trooper who scuffled with a paramedic.

Police say an inmate who escaped from the John Lilley Correctional Center in Boley has been recaptured.

An inmate who escaped from an Oklahoma correctional facility has been recaptured, police said.

The investigation of a weekend scuffle between state troopers and paramedics who were taking a woman to the hospital has been turned over to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol's Internal Affairs Unit and a county prosecutor.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers get into a fight with a paramedic and it is all caught on video tape.