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Oklahoma’s Multicounty Grand Jury to Meet Today 02/21/2012
OKLAHOMA CITY – The state’s multicounty grand jury will reconvene today in Oklahoma City.
The grand jury will meet Tuesday, Feb. 21, through Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, 313 NE 21.
The state’s 13th multicounty grand jury is led by Assistant Attorney General Charles Rogers, chief of the AG’s Multicounty Grand Jury Unit.
Thus far, grand jurors have returned 15 indictments in cases filed in Cleveland, Harper, McClain, Pittsburg and Oklahoma counties.
The multicounty grand jury was requested by Attorney General Scott Pruitt and approved by the Oklahoma Supre... more
Execution Date Requested for Michael Bascum Selsor 02/21/2012
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt today filed a request for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to set an execution date for Tulsa County death row inmate Michael Bascum Selsor, 57.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the inmate’s final appeal on February 21, 2012.
Selsor was convicted and sentenced to death for the first-degree murder of Clayton Chandler, 55, and shooting with the intent to kill Ina Morris, 20, on Sept. 15, 1975. According to the report, Chandler suffered six gunshot wounds and was killed during a robbery of a Tulsa convenience store. Morris, who was shot by S... more
Enid Couple Sentenced in Medicaid Fraud Case 02/17/2012
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Enid couple have pled no contest to one count of Medicaid Fraud each in Oklahoma County District Court. The man and woman were given 3-year deferred sentences and must pay restitution, Attorney General Scott Pruitt said.
David DeSecottier, 43, a licensed professional counselor, was ordered to pay $13,867.23 in restitution and Anabel DeSecottier, 35, a behavioral rehabilitation specialist, must pay $5,528.12.
David and Anabel DeSecottier were employed with Youth and Family Services in Enid from February 2007 to February 2009. Both submitted fraudulent claims totaling $19,... more
Oklahoma General Stream Adjudication Process Fact Sheet 02/15/2012
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Oklahoma City Counselor Sentenced in Fraud Case 02/14/2012
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma counseling agency owner, director and therapist has been sentenced to a 10-year deferred sentence and will pay $14,012 in restitution for Medicaid fraud, Attorney General Scott Pruitt said.
In December, Willie Denice Barr, 47, pled guilty to four counts of Medicaid fraud in Oklahoma County District Court for submitting fraudulent claims for payment to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), the state agency that handles Medicaid funds.
Barr, the owner and director of New Restorations Counseling Center LLC in Oklahoma City and Guthrie, also was ordered to comp... more
Attorney General Pruitt Joins Nine Attorneys General in Letter Defending Religious Liberty 02/14/2012
AGs oppose insurance mandate; prepare to challenge in court
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt joined attorneys general from Nebraska, Texas, Maine and six other states in a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, expressing “strong opposition” to an upcoming health insurance mandate that requires religious employers to provide coverage for services such as sterilization that contradict their religious beliefs.
The letter, sent to Secretary Sebelius, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, cites issues with the mandate... more
Attorney General Pruitt Files Lawsuit in Oklahoma Supreme Court to Determine Oklahomans’ Water Rights 02/10/2012
OKLAHOMA CITY – On behalf of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt today asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to begin the process of stream adjudication to determine water rights in three major stream systems in southeastern Oklahoma.
“It’s our obligation to protect the rights of the state and all of its citizens. Unfortunately, tribal leaders chose to initiate litigation, calling Oklahomans’ water rights into question. So today, we filed an application with the Oklahoma Supreme Court to begin the process of adjudication, which will confirm those water right... more
Oklahoma City Man Enters Plea in False Claim Case 02/10/2012
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City man pled no contest Wednesday in Oklahoma County District Court to five felony counts for computer crimes, forgery in the first and second degree, obtaining money by false pretenses and conspiracy to defraud the state, Attorney General Scott Pruitt said.
Under the agreement, Rusty Lee Talley, 39, received a 5-year deferred sentence and supervised probation. He was ordered to pay $9,999.06 in restitution and is responsible for payment along with his co-defendant Latisha Reid, a former internal auditor for the Oklahoma State Treasurer. Talley also must perf... more
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