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Cleveland County District Court will begin a new set of jury trials April 12, including a death penalty case involving a Texas man.
Joseph Fidel Alliniece, 32, of Missouri City, Texas, will stand before a jury in District Judge Lori Walkleyâs courtroom following the 2018 death of Norman resident Brittani Young, 27.
According to a Norman police affidavit, officers found Young on April 24, 2018, dead inside her Emerald Greens Apartments residence. Police believe Alliniece stomped her to death.
Alliniece also faces two counts of kidnapping and one count of robbery by force or fear â all felonies â because one of Youngâs friends and the friendâs 2-year-old daughter were inside the apartment and witnessed the alleged murder.
Moore man charged with child sexual abuse
A Moore man faces four felony counts of child sexual abuse in Cleveland County District Court.
Timothy Matthew Aker, 42, was charged Dec. 29 after he allegedly touched the privates of a now 16-year-old girl over a three-year period.
According to a court affidavit, an Oklahoma City officer began investigating the case Dec. 4. During a forensic interview, the girl said the sexual abuse started when she was around age 13. While she was in gymnastics, Aker would begin rubbing her legs, then move up until he reached under her shorts.
During the forensic interview, the most recent event that she cited was in August, when she was sitting on the couch under a blanket next to Aker. Aker allegedly reached under the blanket and touched her privates. She also said Aker had massaged her chest, kissed the inside of her legs and performed oral sex on her at other times.