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11 May 15-Year-Old Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Murder; Sentenced to Life in Prison

In the News KOTV         Tulsa World        KTUL        KRMG       Crime Watch Daily        KFOR CF-2016-174 [caption id="attachment_16669" align="alignleft" width="175"] Koalten Glenn Orr2016[/caption]             Koalten Glenn Orr (DOB: 1/29/2002) entered a plea of guilty for shooting and killing his father’s fiancé...

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18 Apr District Attorney and Members of His Staff Provide Food to Disabled Veterans

In the News: KJRH      Claremore Daily Progress  [caption id="attachment_16681" align="alignleft" width="300"] Volunteers come out to help disabled veterans[/caption]               Joining the Claremore chapter of Disabled American Veterans and Light of Hope Ministries District Attorney Matt Ballard and members of his staff  helped sort and pack food...

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07 Dec Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Rules Teenage Defendant Should Be Tried As an Adult

[caption id="attachment_16608" align="alignleft" width="183"] Koalten Orr[/caption]         In the News: Tulsa World     KOTV        FOX23       KRMG     KFOR Overturning a Craig County Judge’s decision, the Court of Criminal Appeals late this morning ordered Koalten Orr be tried as an adult. Orr, 14 years old at the time,...

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20 Nov Fighting Child Abuse: Partnership Shares Stories with RCB Bank Family

[caption id="attachment_16584" align="aligncenter" width="183"] Employee Meeting at RCB Bank, Claremore[/caption] RCB Bank in Claremore invited the staff of the William W. Barnes Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) and members of District Attorney Matt Ballard's team to speak to employees about combating child abuse in the community. The visit...

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13 Nov Jury Sentences Armed Robber to 67 Years in Prison

[caption id="attachment_16595" align="alignleft" width="99"] Kenneth Merle Hammick[/caption]         In the News The Claremore Progress     Muskogee Phoenix      The Express Star CF-2015-327 Following a week-long jury trial a Rogers County Jury returned a guilty verdict and recommended Kenneth Merle Hammick spend 67 years in prison. May 10, 2015 Hammick committed a...

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