Mayor Chris Wyatt cranked up copyrighted music when a journalist entered city hall with a camera, apparently trying to interfere with constitutionally protected recording. The bizarre confrontation was captured on video.
Attorney Ronald Durban tried to file a report about officials blocking public access to a fire marshal meeting. Police refused, threatened him with arrest, then cuffed him anyway. The bodycam captured everything.
Chris was gambling at Osage Casino when police claimed he smelled like marijuana and demanded to search him. When he refused to identify without probable cause, they arrested him for obstruction. Federal hemp is legal in Oklahoma, making the search questionable.
A routine story about prison spending turned confrontational when a Davis Correctional Facility guard called police on journalists filming from a public parking lot. What started as B-roll footage became a First Amendment test when officials demanded ID.
Wagner Mayor Dalton Self threw citizen signup sheets in the trash during a public meeting. Now police are investigating potential felony charges for destroying government records. The paperwork trail reveals a pattern of missing documents spanning months.
Judge Jennifer McCaffrey sentenced a man who confessed to molesting an 11-year-old to a fully suspended 10-year sentence. Another predator got just 90 days. Court documents reveal the shocking plea deals that let dangerous offenders walk free.
A simple question about filing police complaints at Sapulpa PD turned into chaos when staff realized they have no complaint forms and must make victims meet with officers to report misconduct. When a journalist tried to document the broken process, employees called multiple officers.
Mayor Dalton Self denied speaking requests and threw sign-up forms in the trash at a heated city council meeting about privatizing public baseball fields. When journalist tried to report the destruction of government records, chaos erupted.
A routine public records request in Hubert, Oklahoma spiraled into chaos when city employees demanded the journalist's name first, handed him the wrong form, then refused basic service. The city manager's response? "Look it up on the internet."
A $9.3 million prison rodeo proposal sparks investigation at Oklahoma correctional facility. When journalists arrive to document conditions, the warden refuses to identify herself, curses at reporters, and calls police while canceling prisoner yard time.
City manager Jerry Eubanks pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement, then received a $25,000 taxpayer bonus. When a journalist tried to question this at city meetings, Mayor Susan Bayro had him arrested twice. The million-dollar lawsuit and election results that followed.
Prison officer demands journalist stop filming from public sidewalk at Taft facility, threatens arrest despite having no authority. When backup arrives, the confrontation takes an unexpected turn that exposes the power dynamic inside.
Bar Association blocks public access after previous confrontations with journalist investigating attorney license suspension. Staff refuse basic information requests, claiming no records clerk available during business hours.
City official blocks basic questions about water department and council meetings, claiming he can't recommend local restaurants to avoid "favoritism." Same building where officials previously called police on journalist now houses burned evidence.
Suspended Oklahoma attorney Ron Durban emerges from months of depression to resume his public accountability mission despite facing five criminal cases and a potential $210,000 bar association fee. His return reveals friendly government workers in three cities and a brewing legal battle.
Journalists investigating reports of women being beaten at Ottawa County jail find officials calling armed deputies on cameras, hanging up phones, and shuttering entire facilities to avoid accountability questions about administrator with assault history.