Judge to decide charge in death It will be up to an Oklahoma County judge to decide whether Brittinie Kay Bullock faces a murder or manslaughter charge in the Aug. 10 death of a 71-year-old Choctaw woman. Bullock was under the influence of PCP when she crashed into several cars on Kelley Avenue between NE 23 and NE 30, authorities said. The final collision toppled a minivan, sending Phyllis Murray through the windshield to her death. Three others inside the van were seriously injured. Prosecutors charged Bullock, 24, with second-degree murder, alleging she killed Murray while committing a felony by leaving the scene of another crash seconds earlier. Defense attorney Michael Johnson argued Friday that crime had nothing to with Murray’s
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NORMAN — Authorities are searching for a man who robbed a bank in Norman on Friday afternoon.

About 5 p.m., a man walked into Bank of Oklahoma, 3550 W Main, and demanded money. He left the bank on foot with the cash, FBI Special Agent Gary Johnson said in a news release.

The robber is described as a 50- to 65-year-old white male, 6 feet tall with short salt and pepper hair, with a mustache and wearing wire-framed glasses, Johnson said.

A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
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Police are looking for Rene Modesto, 18, who they say was part of group of five or six young Hispanic males who entered a man’s house this week while wearing masks and brandishing handguns and a shotgun.

After entering the residence in the 1400 block of SW 20, the robbers put a shotgun to the man’s head and told him to lie face down, the victim told police, while the others ransacked the home and took the man’s wallet, the report said.

The robbers took a mobile phone, a TV, jewelry, several checks and the man’s car.

The man said he was not physically assaulted during the robbery, but the robber with the shotgun, who was not wearing a mask, fired a shot inside the house, according to the report.
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