Sheriff Chris Morris is accused of accepting free hail damage repair on a privately owned SUV in exchange for his promise to provide business from the Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office.
The charge alleges that Sheriff Chris Morris embezzled state property when he caused the county to buy a damaged utility task vehicle that he previously owned.
Attorneys and auditors are trying to determine whether salary overpayments issued to Cherokee County s elected officials last year should be returned to taxpayer coffers.
An increase in drug overdoses from fentanyl is causing one eastern Oklahoma district attorney to take a new approach to cases where someone dies from drugs sold to them.