Lawton Crime

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Recent Crime News

• Fort Sill Soldiers Killed In Action

  Tuesday May 22 | via KAUZ 

  Capt. Jesse A. Ozbat, 28, and 2nd Lt. Tobias C. Alexander, 30, died in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.

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• Comanche tribe makes Johnny Depp honorary member

  Monday May 21 | via KBCI CBS 2 

  Johnny Depp has been made an honorary member of the Comanche tribe. Depp is in New Mexico, shooting the film adaptation of "The Lone Ranger." He plays "Ranger" sidekick Tonto in the film.

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• WWII vets like D.C. excursion

  Thursday May 17 | via Tulsa Beacon 

  With festivities that began at a recent send-off, 93 veterans and their guardians waved goodbye to family members and Oklahoma Honor Flight volunteers as they passed through security at Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport shortly before 7 a.m. on May 4, 2012.

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• OSBI Investigates Officer-Involved Shooting Death In...

  Monday May 14 | via News9 Oklahoma City 

  Brian Wesley King, Jr., 25, of Lawton was killed by police following a shooting in Cache and police pursuit into Lawton.

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• Lawton Man Killed in Police Involved Shooting

  Monday May 14 | via KFDX-TV Wichita Falls 

  A man is dead following an overnight police involved shooting in Lawton. According to Jessica Brown with OSBI, 25-year-old Brian Wesley King Jr.

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• Oklahoma man arrested after high speed pursuit

  Wednesday May 9 | via Wise County Messenger Online 

  Texas Rangers and Highway Patrol officers arrested an Oklahoma man late yesterday afternoon after a high speed pursuit on U.S. 287 between Alvord and Decatur that involved shots fired. 1 comment

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• Police are slow to respond to missing persons cases

  Tuesday May 8 | via Examiner.com 

  It's been a couple of weeks now since my family was able to locate my cousin who went missing from Lawton, Oklahoma while she searched for employment.A She answered an ad in a newspaper for a job, and was told that she was going to be sent a bus ticket to get to the new job in another city and state.A That is where our hell began.A We searched for ... (more)

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• Suspect extradited to county

  Sunday May 6 | via Duncan Banner 

  Leon Edwards, of Lawton, was brought back to Stephens County Thursday, to appear in district court on formal charges related to a home invasion that took place April 23, south of Marlow.

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• One arrested, two sought in home invasion

  Apr 22, 2012 | via Duncan Banner 

  One suspect is in custody and two more persons of interest are being sought by local law enforcement agencies following a violent home invasion Monday, April 23 on the south end of Marlow.

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• Missing baby found, AWOL soldier arrested

  Aug 25, 2011 | via KXRM-TV Colorado Springs 

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