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1 week ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
A Hulbert man accused of sexually assaulting a child under age 16 is expected to accept a plea offer next month from the state. According to the probable cause affidavit, in November 2023, the child told authorities she ran away when Cecil Loyd Self, 57, and a woman picked her up as she was walking. Records indicate they went to a cabin, where the pair allegedly allowed the child to drink alcohol and take drugs.
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1 week ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
A Park Hill man received a lesser charge and a two-year suspended sentence in Cherokee County District Court after pleading guilty to waving around a hatchet. According to court documents, on Nov.
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1 week ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
An undisclosed offer has been extended to a Hulbert woman accused of neglecting a vulnerable adult. According to court documents, on Jan. 1, Danielle Marie Dittmer, 49, placed a vulnerable adult in the Oak Park Motel by himself, where he was later found by authorities. She was reportedly responsible for his care. kAm%96 76=@?J 492C86 @7 23FD6[ 6IA=@:E2E:@? @C ?68=64E @7 GF=?6C23=6 25F=E H2D 7:=65 282:?DE s:EE>6C y2?] `d :?
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2 weeks ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
A local woman received an eight-year deferred sentence after pleading no contest to child endangerment and driving under the influence. According to court documents, on April 10, 2024, Kirsten Jo Lucas, 29, was driving a 2007 Saturn AXR while under the influence of an intoxicating beverage and transporting a 5-year-old. She also struck another vehicle and left the scene.
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2 weeks ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
A Muskogee woman accused of failing to protect a baby from being burned by a lighter pleaded guilty in Cherokee County District Court to enabling child abuse by injury and received a 10-year suspended sentence. According to court documents, on Feb. 27, while acting in concert with one other, Stephany Leigh Bird, 35, was responsible for the health, safety and welfare of an infant less than 1 year of age.
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2 weeks ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for a Tahlequah man accused of embezzling more than $5,000 from a local business. According to court documents, on or between April 1 and Sept. 20, 2024, Zachary Michael Sherrell, 42, fraudulently appropriated “the sum of $5,297.04 in cash, credit or merchandise that belonged to McClure’s Fast Lane Shop and had been entrusted” to the defendant by the business. kAm~?6 76=@?J 492C86 @7 6>36KK=6>6?E H2D 7:=65 282:?DE $96CC6== :?
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3 weeks ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
After pleading guilty to two felony charges of soliciting sexual conduct or communication with minor by use of technology, a local man was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. On July 9 and July 23, 2024, Marco Trejo Lopez, 35, solicited sexual conduct or engaged in communication for sexual or prurient interest with a person he believed to be 14 years of age by use of technology, according to court documents. kAm%96 492C86D H6C6 7:=65 282:?DE 9:> pF8] d[ a_ac[ :?
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3 weeks ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
A Muskogee man accused of breaking into a vehicle and using a credit card that did not belong to him, received a five-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty in Cherokee County District Court. Court documents alleged that between March 20-21, 2024, Quince Stephen Gordon, 23, stole a 2019 Honda CRV, broke into two vehicles, and tried to use two different credit cards that did not belong to him. kAmxE H2D 2=D@ C6A@CE65 E92E 36EH66?
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4 weeks ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
Two local men accused of shooting with intent to kill and a third accused of accessory are facing felony charges in Cherokee County District Court. Court documents allege that on April 30, two men discharged a firearm at someone “with the intent to kill him.” A third man is accused of knowing one of the men committed a felony and attempting to aide him in “avoiding arrest, trial, conviction or punishment.”kAm%H@ @7 E96 >6?
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1 month ago | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Tesina Jackson
Court proceedings have been delayed for a man accused of three counts of sexual abuse of a child as officials are still waiting for a competency evaluation that was ordered in December. According to court documents, the suspect is accused of sexually assaulting a child between March 12, 2011 and March 12, 2015. kAm~77:4:2=D 2=D@ 2==686 E92E 36EH66? yF?6 d[ a_aa[ 2?5 s64] d[ a_ab[ E96 DFDA64E 4@>>:EE65 @E96C :==682= 24ED 282:?DE 49:=5C6?]k^AmkAm~?
