OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office will begin charging user-to-user fentanyl overdose deaths as Manslaughter in the First Degree. Addicts sharing fentanyl with no intent to cause harm to the person they are sharing with present a different fact scenario for prosecutors. Each case is unique and as such will be reviewed thoroughly to determine if aggravating or mitigating circumstances dictate a different charge. Handling these cases on a case-by-case basis provides an...

OKLAHOMA CITY –Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Zemp Behenna filed a motion today requesting the Oklahoma County District Court vacate the judgment and sentence in the 1975 murder conviction of Glynn Simmons. Simmons was convicted of the December 30, 1974 murder of Carolyn Sue Rogers at an Edmond liquor store. A customer was also wounded in the shooting.