The Federal Trade Commission announces a group of lawsuits targeting companies that offer mortgage modifications but leave the homeowner in worse financial shape. The FTC is offering help including the ways to avoid making a costly misstep when considering a mortgage modification. The Commission provides this information: If...
Rogers County CF-2013-401 July 24, 2014 Garrett Bump was given the maximum sentence allowed for dogfighting: Ten years in the Department of Corrections. In all Bump plead guilty to six counts; three of which are felonies: Instigating or encouraging dogfight (felony) Own/possess/keep or train dog for fighting (felony) ...
Rogers County CF-2014-202 Jonathan Lee must remain on the sex offender registry for life and was sentenced to 27 years in prison after entering a blind plea* for child abuse by injury and sexual abuse of a child. During his sentencing on July 23,...
Rogers County CF-2014-007 July 23, 2014 a Rogers County Judge sentences Daleon Cooper for lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16 and 1st degree rape of a child under 14. Cooper entered a blind plea* weeks prior to the sentencing. The investigation showed...
Rogers County CF-2011-309 June 26, 2014 a jury finds Joseph Mark Johnson guilty of rape by instrumentation and sentences him to 12 years in prison. The victim was eight years old when Johnson committed the act. The child told her mother after it happened in their...
The case dates back to 2008 and had essentially gone cold until staff members began working it again and successfully collected the amount Fritze Roberson embezzled from Danny Neldon/Thunder Bowl Lanes nearly six years ago. (Rogers County CF-2008-234) Roberson worked as a manager at Neldon’s bowling...
Rogers County CF-2012-598 April 21, 2014 Donald Eugene Cuenca was sentenced to 20 years in prison for one count of lewd or indecent acts to a child under 12. Police obtained video Cuenca shot while he touched a 4-year-old girl then used her feet to...
Rogers County CF-2013-382 April 21, 2014 Luis Alfredo Cruz was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree rape (child under 14) and one count of obstructing an officer.. Investigators found Cruz first raped his girlfriend’s daughter when she was 11...
The IRS wants people to be aware of this new scam that's just popped up; how to spot and and where to report it. The IRS just issued this warning: The IRS has been alerted to a new email phishing scam. The emails appear to be from...
The Federal Trade Commission issues a warning about fraudulent callers claiming to be with the IRS. Thousands have lost money to these schemes but there are simple ways to protect yourself and report the crooks. The FTC offers these details: This time of year is often taxing for...