Former spokesman Maj. Shannon Clark and Deputy Billy McKelvey testified before the grand jury examining allegations of wrongdoing by Sheriff Stanley Glanz and current or former employees. The grand jury has heard testimony from at least 10 witnesses during five days of proceedings in Tulsa County District Court.
Deputy Evan Foster is among at least eight Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office employees who have been called to testify before the grand jury, which began hearing testimony last week.
A gun store owner and the jail tax overview committee chairman used force more often than all other Tulsa County advanced reserve deputies in the past five years.
Two sergeants and a deputy who are key figures in the Robert Bates case are believed to be among witnesses called to testify before a grand jury Wednesday. The sergeants both had expressed concerns about Bates’ lack of training and behavior as a reserve deputy.
Clark is one of four high-ranking TCSO deputies to be either let go or demoted since the April 2 Eric Harris scandal. Harris was shot and killed that day during a botched undercover gun sting by reserve deputy Robert Bates, a 73-year-old insurance executive who volunteered with TCSO’s Violent Crimes Task Force.
Who is behind an anonymous two-page letter attacking a group that circulated a grand jury petition? Records show Sheriff Stanley Glanz passed the letter around to members of a shadowy group called the Royal Order of Jesters.
In response to news reports this week that the Tulsa Shock may be moving, Mayor Dewey Bartlett fired off a terse letter asking the franchise to stay put.
The letter from Bartlett to William Cameron, the majority owner of the WNBA team, refers to media reports that the Shock may be relocating. Bartlett wrote the letter Tuesday, the day The Frontier first reported the team’s possible move.
Friday’s Tulsa County Criminal Justice Authority meeting was punctuated by impassioned speeches about the fate of the jail and strained relations with the city but the speakers were preaching largely to the choir.
