Judge Orders Arrest Of Convicted Teen
Involved in Pharmacy Case

A judge ordered the arrest of a young man convicted as a teenager in the so-called Pharmacy Case, but who had cooperated with prosecutors for the conviction of two others. The Oklahoma County judge ordered the arrest of Jevontai Ingram, 18, after the convicted man failed to appear at a court hearing to assess his progress on probation. Prosecutors said Thursday they will ask the judge to send Mr. Ingram to prison. Mr. Ingram is the armed drugstore robber who spent three years in custody after pharmacist Jerome Ersland fatally shot an accomplice in 2009...........READ MORE

‘Broadening Scope’
Perry Broadcasting Purchases Another
Radio Station

Another radio station has been purchased by Perry Publishing & Broadcasting, it was announced earlier this week. The purchase of KKRX-FM (93.7) of Lawton by the communications firm (which also owns The Black Chronicle) now has in its portfolio 21 FM and AM radio stations that broadcast throughout Oklahoma, as well as in Georgia and South Carolina, according to Russell M. Perry, chief executive officer of Perry Publishing & Broadcasting..........READ MORE

Sheriff Sued By Hospital
Medical Releases Of Jail Inmates
At the Center

The sheriff of Oklahoma County has been sued by a hospital, which believe a jail practice leaves the hospital stuck with huge medical bills. The lawsuit was filed in county court against Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel by the University of Oklahoma Medical Center.
Meanwhile, the case of one inmate is at the center of the lawsuit. That inmate was released from the Oklahoma County Jail just before he was taken to a hospital with a serious medical condition has failed to appear for a court date related to a November robbery ........READ MORE

Simpson Seeks New Trial
Former Pro Football Star Says Lawyer Disserved

The shackles and blue prison garb seemed to weigh down O.J. Simpson as he returned to a Las Vegas courtroom on Monday to ask for a new trial in the armed robbery-kidnapping case that sent him to prison in 2008.
The 65-year-old former football star and TV pitchman conferred with his lawyers and listened intently to testimony from his daughter, Arnelle Simpson, and other witnesses. The former professional football star, now more than four years into a minimum nine-year prison term, will be in court all week to claim that he had poor legal representation...........READ MORE