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Antlers, Oklahoma
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Friday, September 3, 2010
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Local News
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Air conditioner theft brings down the heat |
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Friday, 03 September 2010 |
By Tracy Steffenson
Staff Writer
On August 25, 2010, the Pushmataha County Sheriff's Department filed an Affidavit of Probable Cause to make a warrantless arrest against Foy L. Walker in regards to the theft of an air conditioning unit that was located behind Wranglers Club just outside of Antlers.
On August 24, 2010, at around 10:15 p.m. Paul Kozel reported that a 5 ton Janitrol package air conditioner unit (valued at around $2000.00) had been taken from behind the Wranglers Club at about 9:30 p.m. Kozel also informed Sheriff's Deputy John Arthur that the incident had been captured on video and after watching the tape said that the man caught on film was Foy Walker.
Deputy Arthur reviewed the tape and saw a late 90's model Silver single cab long bed Ford pickup pull up to the back of the club and a man get out of the vehicle. The male subject, which was around 6ft 1 in to 6ft 4in tall and weighed around 220 to 260 lbs, got out of the vehicle and loaded the air conditioner into the back of the pickup and drove off and onto State Highway 3 and then traveled east.
Before going to Wranglers, Deputy Arthur looked at a photo of the suspect from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and judging from the video and photo he believes that the man caught on tape was indeed Foy Walker.
After looking for the vehicle, Deputy Arthur was contacted by Kozel who informed him that the pickup was at a residence on Gene Hill Loop Road in Pushmataha County and he believed that the air conditioner was still in the back. Once at the residents, Deputy Arthur made his presence known by knocking on the door three times and sounding his siren horn four times, no one came to the door.
Deputy Arthur observed that a truck matching the one in the video was on the property and had a air conditioner in the bed that had been taken apart, and the coils from the unit on the ground behind the truck. The vehicle was registered to Leroy Walker of Atoka.
On August 25, 2010 at around 10:20 a.m. Foy Walker went into the Sheriff's office to get information about registering again as a sex offender. After Walker was done with his inquiry, Deputy Arthur asked to speak with him which Walker agreed to.
After being read his rights and making sure that he understood them, Walker was questioned about the incident. Walker said that he hadn't been driving a truck that matched that description in the last 24 hours, and didn't live on Gene Hill Loop Road. Deputy Arthur then advised Walker that he was identified in a video of the crime taking place but Walker still denied that it was him. Walker than told Deputy Arthur that if he was going to lock him up to just take him to jail. Deputy Arthur then placed Walker under arrest for grand larceny and malicious destruction of property and escorted him to the Pushmataha County Jail.
At about 10:45 on the same day, Deputy Arthur went to the Family Dollar store in Antlers to talk to Walkers girlfriend, Alice Cross. Arthur asked her if Walker drove the Silver truck and if he lived at the residence on Gene Hill Road and she answered yes to both questions. Deputy Arthur then asked her if he was at the residence the night before (8-24-2010) and she said yes.
Deputy John Arthur has filed these charges with the District Attorney's Office but charges are pending until the D.A. Office decides whither or not to file these charges against Walker. Foy Walker has also been convicted of Burglary in the 2nd Degree (probation), three counts of Burglary in the 1st Degree (incarceration, probation, and suspended), Sexual Battery (incarceration), Burglary in the 1st Degree (deferred), two counts of Sexual Battery of Person Over 16 (suspended), and Violation of Sex Offenders Registration (suspended).
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 September 2010 )
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Tribe to host Labor Day Festival |
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Friday, 03 September 2010 |
By Tracy Steffenson
Staff Writer
Every year the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma conducts its Labor Day Festival and Pow Wow at Tushka Homma and this year is no different. The festival offers many activities that will appeal to all ages and personalities whether it is sports, quilting, learning about Choctaw Traditions, or amazing musical performances.
The festival begins on Thursday, September 2, with the Choctaw Nation Princess Pageant at 7:00 p.m. in the amphitheater. The winners of this pageant will go on to compete for the title of Little Miss, Junior Miss, or Miss Choctaw Nation.
On Friday morning, Sept 3, a ribbon cutting will celebrate the opening of the new arts and crafts facility. Also on Friday, a 'Heroes of the Past' statue of Joseph Oklahobi, one of the most well known Choctaw Warriors from WW1, will be unveiled in front of the Choctaw Capitol Building at 6:00 p.m. The annual Pow Wow will follow the unveiling.
Each year the Festival consists of several concerts by well-known and talented performers, this years performers will include Stoney LaRue, Travis Tritt, Neal McCoy, Vince Gill and many others. Along with the concerts there will be many sporting events at the festival as well. There will be the Annual Physical Fitness Challenge for youth ages 8-18; fast pitch softball, Checkers, Dominoes, Horseshoes, and Volleyball tournaments; the Tough, Tough Choctaw Contest; 5K Run; and so much more.
Along with the many events there will also be carnival rides, specialty acts like Magician Russell Turner, mechanical bull rides, and Inca Flute players. The Labor Day Festival promises to be an exciting and fun-filled time for all. Opportunities to learn more about the Choctaw tribe will surround all who attend. The Choctaw Nation invites everyone to come and share in the amazing 2010 Choctaw Nation Labor Day Festival
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 September 2010 )
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Murder charge filed |
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Friday, 03 September 2010 |
By Tracy Steffenson
Staff Writer
On April 12, 2010, the body believed to be that of Robert Strickland, a Hugo man, was found in Pushmataha County after Strickland has been reported missing on April 5, 2010. Two men, Clifton Parrish 26 of Fort Towson and Aaron Jacobs 25 of Spencerville, had been arrested with probable cause and were charged with First Degree Murder on April 9, 2010.
Another arrest has been made. A warrant for the arrest of Natasha Cathey, a 26 year-old white female also known as Natasha Harper, was issued on August 2, 2010 charging Cathey with First Degree Murder.
According to statements made by Strickland's girlfriend Jennifer Riddle, Strickland was lured out onto a county road/clearing because he thought he was going to be helping a friend who was having car problems. Riddle said that she had seen a text message sent by Karrie McKeever requesting his assistance because her and a friend were broke down in Messer, OK on the back roads. According to Riddle, Strickland had a .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol on his person when he left the residence.
In a statement taken from McKeever, Parish, Jacobs, and Cathey; McKeever admitted that her cell phone had been used to contact Strickland through text message in an attempt to have him come to their location so that they could rob him, which was up by Messer, OK. After Strickland had arrived an altercation took place involving Strickland, Jacobs, Parish, and Cathey where Strickland was hit several times in the face an head with something other than fists.
Jacobs admitted to helping clean up the first crime scene near Messer where he picked up a pistol at the scene and placed the pistol in Strickland's Ford Expedition. Jacobs also admitted to placing Strickland in the Expedition and driving away from the scene. While driving another altercation broke out between Jacobs and Strickland resulting in Strickland being shot with the pistol Jacobs had retrieved at the Messer location. This altercation took place on a dirt road on the way to Jacob's residence.
Jacobs and Strickland had both exited the vehicle, according to Jacobs' statement, and Strickland fell into the ditch beside the road and was bleeding profusely from the face and head. Jacobs then placed Strickland back into the Expedition and drove to his residence in Pushmataha County and then left again with Strickland still in the vehicle. According to Jacobs' statement, Strickland died in the Expedition while Jacobs was driving the vehicle from his residents towards Antlers on State Highway 3. Jacobs said that once he realized that Strickland was dead he parked the vehicle on the side of the road (State HWY 3) with Stricklands' body still inside and walked away. Jacobs wouldn't give anymore detail about the location of the body.
In Cathey's statement to OSBI Agents Steven Carter and Dale Burchfield she admitted to being present at the Messer crime scene with Jacobs, Parish, and McKeever. However, according to her statement McKeever took the gun out of Strickland's vehicle and gave it to Jacobs. Cathey also admitted to driving the Expedition north on State Highway 93, east on Spencerville Road, and into Pushmataha County. Cathey said that Jacobs told her to pull over and then got out and opened the rear door of the Expedition. Cathey said that Strickland attempted to run and Jacobs gave chase yelling for him to stop. Cathey said that she then heard someone yell NO and what she believed to be a gunshot. Then Jacobs came back to the vehicle and backed it up to where Strickland's body was so that he could load it back into the vehicle. Cathey said that she felt Strickland was still alive because she could hear him breathing. Cathey then drove to Jacobs' Father's house in Pushmataha County where Jacobs told her that he was going to take Strickland to the hospital, so Cathey went to Valliant with McKeever and Parish. She also said that in the days to come Jacobs told her that he had taken Strickland's vehicle into the mountains and burned it and that Stricklands body was near it.
Natasha Cathey is being charged with Murder in the First Degree and will have her preliminary hearing on October 13, 2010. A bond was set of $100,000.
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