Oklahoma Home Invasions

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A Tulsa Brookside business owner watching surveillance cameras at home called police after seeing a man inside the business.

The owner told Tulsa Police his business has been broken into twice in the past two weeks. He saw a man inside his business at about 11:30 Monday night and called 911.

Police surrounded the Peoria Office Park building in the 5500 block of South Peoria. They found a man inside another business in the building, but determined he wasn't the suspect. Police say he operates a recording studio in the building which had been burglarized recently and was staying in the studio to prevent another burglary.

"Luckily we had a recording, that we could compare physical characteristics and clothing. We excluded him and continued to search," said Tulsa Police Sgt. Jim Clark.

As officers continued their search with the help of a K9 officer, they located James Estrada hiding in the ceiling of a business.

Estrada, who turned 29 Tuesday, was taken into custody and booked into the Tulsa County jail on complaints of second degree burglary and possession of burglary tools.

A car parked outside the office building was determined to belong to Estrada and was towed away to be searched.

Tulsa Police are trying to determine if Estrada is connected to those recent burglaries at the office building.
http://www.newson6.com/story/202542...tulsa-business-arrested-on-burglary-complaint

 

[KOPBET]

Only a mother could love a face like that.

 

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A Tulsa couple was awakened by a thief standing over them with a knife.
Around 1 am, police were called to the gated community of Garden Park near 61st & S. Lewis.

Police said a hooded intruder armed with a knife woke up a couple demanding jewelry. He got away with an iPhone, iPad, jewelry and a wallet. At Garden Park Condominiums you have to go through security guard and a gate. Police said the guard told them he didn’t knowingly let anyone in who didn’t live in the gated community.

"Really shocking,” said nearby caretaker, Svetlana. She works for Interim Health Care and takes care of an elderly man who lives in the area of 61st and Lewis.

There is a ten-foot fence with barbwire around Garden Park so police are stunned to see how a thief could have made his way through the community. Some of the neighbors who live on the fence line have been hit by thieves.

"They kicked it in,” said Mary Jo. The week before Thanksgiving she was hit by a burglar who watched her leave to go to a funeral.

Police said the victims in this morning’s home invasion were not hurt. Police tried to track down the stolen phone using the “Find My
Phone” iPhone feature but the phone was turned off. ~

Police could not find a sign of forced entry. So far, police do not have any details on a description of the burglar, except that he is wearing a hoodie.
For two weeks, burglary detectives have been running the “Stop” initiative where they are targeting serial burglars. In five days, they arrested 17 burglars. It is being funded through a federal grant. http://www.fox23.com/news/local/sto...uple-with-a-knife/1oKOKWBwo0SlJbRvpLLurQ.cspx

 

[Billybob]

Gated community home invaded by robber overnight

"A couple living at the Garden Park Apartments gated community at 6033 South Yorktown Place was confronted by a stranger inside their bedroom at about 12:57 a.m. Friday."

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/gated-community-home-invaded-robber-overnight/nTPw7/

 

[Billybob]

Tulsa family is robbed at gunpoint

A family with two kids is robbed at gunpoint while getting out of their vehicle.

"Tulsa police said it happened around 11:40 p.m. Saturday at an apartment complex near East 21st Place and South 96th East Avenue.

The family returned home and the parents were helping two kids get out of their car."

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/tulsa-family-robbed-gunpoint/nTQ5Q/

 

[jrguns]

These are some very frightening situations. Maybe I am not as prepared as I should be. It is not as bad in Stillwater yet. And YET is the word.

 

[Billybob]

These are some very frightening situations. Maybe I am not as prepared as I should be. It is not as bad in Stillwater yet. And YET is the word.

Give it time...

March 23, 2012
UPDATE: At least one person hit with bat in Stillwater home invasion, police say

http://www.stwnewspress.com/local/x...th-bat-in-Stillwater-home-invasion-police-say

 

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14-Year-Old Arrested After Woman Found Dead In Jenks Home

Crime scene tape outside the home. Crime scene tape outside the home.
The home is located in 400 block of East 111th Street. The home is located in 400 block of East 111th Street.

Jenks Police parked outside the home. Jenks Police parked outside the home.

Investigators have arrested a 14-year-old in connection with the murder of a woman found shot dead in her parent's Jenks home Monday night.
Joshua Scott Mooney, 14, was arrested Tuesday night. Investigators said he confessed to the murder and said he acted alone.
The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said they classified the crimes in this case as first degree burglary and homicide.

Police said 47-year-old Mary Escue was from Nevada and was in town to attend a college graduation.
Escue has children who live in this area and was here to attend the graduation of her daughter's friend.
Her camera bag and wallet and then the car stolen from the scene were found Tuesday afternoon, and that was just the break detectives needed.

Investigators said Escue was staying with her parents at their home in Jenks in the 400 block of East 111th Street.
They said her parents had gone out for the evening Monday night, and when they returned, found their daughter, dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

http://www.newson6.com/story/20370746/jenks-womans-death-investigated-as-a-homicide

 

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The 14-year-old who is accused of killing a woman in Jenks late Monday told authorities that he broke into the house to steal money and then shot the victim when she came home, jail records state.

Joshua Scott Mooney was arrested late Tuesday on one complaint each of first-degree murder, second-degree burglary and auto theft, according to Tulsa Jail records.

The victim, Mary Escue, 47, was in Jenks to visit family and see friends graduate when she interrupted the burglary at her parents' home, the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reported. Authorities allege that Mooney hid when Escue came into the house and then surprised her and forced her into another room, where he shot her.

Jenks police were called to the parents' home, which is in the 400 block of East 111th Street, about 11 p.m. Monday after the parents discovered her dead, police said. http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialpr...tid=450&articleid=20121220_11_A1_CUTLIN168731

 

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Carjacking in East Tulsa Leaves One Shot

Officers on scene outside the QuikTrip near I-44 & 193rd E. Ave, where the victim of a shooting and carjacking was found.
Police are searching for suspect(s) after a carjacking that led to a shooting near the Tulsa-Catoosa City Line, early Monday Morning.

Tulsa Police Corporal Jeff Edwards tells KTUL.com, the victim showed up at a QuikTrip near 193rd East Avenue and I-44 around 12:30am.

Edwards says it appears the victim had been "struck over the head" and then shot. The victim told police, the suspect(s) then took of with the his vehicle.

Police, at this point, do not have a suspect description and are somewhat unclear as to the exact location of the carjacking.

The victim was transported by EMSA to an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. http://www.ktul.com/story/20517176/carjacking-in-east-tulsa-leaves-one-shot