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Feb 2, 2021
The Muskogee Police Department has released the name of the suspect in a shooting spree early Tuesday morning that claimed the lives of six people, five of them children, and left a woman in critical condition.
Muskogee PD Public Information Officer Lynn Hamlin said Jarron Deajon Pridgeon, 25, was taken into custody following a brief foot pursuit. The suspect, who was wielding a gun at the time of his arrest, is not cooperating with law enforcement officials at this time, Hamlin said.
Online court records show that Pridgeon had one arrest in 2017, for larceny of an automobile. In February 2019, he was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, threatening to perform acts of violence, and misdemeanor malicious injury to private property. In June 2019, he was charged with obstruction, resisting an officer, and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Those were filed as misdemeanors.
The Muskogee Police Department on Wednesday issued a silver alert for a missing 75-year-old man.
According to Muskogee police, the missing man, who has been identified as Harry Esannason, is under a proven medical disability and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death.
Anyone who has details on Esannason s whereabouts is encouraged to call the police.
Silver Alert issued for missing 75-year-old Muskogee man
Police say he suffers from dementia, does not have his medication and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 5:35 AM CST January 6, 2021
MUSKOGEE, Okla. The Muskogee Police Department (MPD) has issued a Silver Alert for a missing 75-year-old man who is believed to be in danger.
Harry Esannason was last seen at approximately 8:00 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 4) in Muskogee.
Police say he suffers from dementia, does not have his medication and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death.
The Silver Alert says to pay special attention to states between Oklahoma and New York.
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 30, 2020
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol ENDUI team will partner with law enforcement from across Oklahoma to make sure everyone has a safe New Year s Eve holiday. This effort is part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over mobilization. Similar efforts will take place across the United States this holiday weekend.
The goal is to make Oklahoma as safe as possible by getting impaired drivers off the roads. Additional deputies, troopers, and officers will be on duty across the state looking for impaired drivers.
During the previous NYE holiday period, there were 148 crashes in Oklahoma. Two of those crashes were fatalities resulting in the deaths of two people. Of those 148 crashes, at least 24 of them were alcohol and-or drug-related. That is more than 16 percent of NYE crashes that involved a potentially impaired driver.
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