Anadarko, OK Crime & Safety

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Eighteen people have been arrested and 12 pounds of meth found during a large meth bust in Lawton. The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics said 42-year-old Ronnie Davis was the main target of the investigation. He had been on Federal Probation for previous crimes when he was arrested for running a meth distribution in Lawton, according to OBN spokesman Mark Woodward.

A large methamphetamine distribution network was busted and 18 people were arrested in connection with the case, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control reported. The distribution network was dismantled as part of a multi-agency investigation in Comanche County. “Over the past several months, we identified an organization...

COMANCHE COUNTY, Okla. (KSWO) - A warrant has been issued for a man in Comanche County. Allen Dewayne Pankratz has been charged with lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16. According to the arrest affidavit, Sterling police were notified of the alleged incident that happened in the early morning hours of October 28, 2020.

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A man has pleaded guilty for escaping from the Comanche County Detention Center. Jamal Smith, Junior pleaded guilty to escape from a penal institution. He admitted to running away from the Comanche County Detention Center in April 2020. In February 2020, he was found guilty and...

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A Silver Alert issued over the weekend for a man from Comanche County has been called off. The alert was initially issued for 78-year-old Henry Fred Whitehead. The Silver Alert was called off around 5:25 a.m. Monday. Comanche County Sheriff Kenny Stradley said Whitehead was found...

LAWTON, Okla. (KFOR) – A large methamphetamine distribution network has been dismantled as part of a multi-agency investigation in Comanche County, according to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN). “Over the past several months, we identified an organization capable of moving multiple pounds of meth onto the streets of Lawton...

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said it is investigating the causes of separate deadly collisions in Seminole and Caddo counties. Authorities said 25-year-old Kordel Ross-McGuire of Seminole died late Friday night after he approached a T-intersection northbound on U.S. Highway 270 in Seminole County. Ross-McGuire then ran a stop sign, left...

A 13-year-old Oklahoma old boy admitted to killing his older brother in March and setting the body on fire, authorities said this week. The boy confessed to the slaying of his 16-year-old brother during a follow-up investigation, The Express-Star reported, citing the Grady County Sheriff's Office. He is charged as an adult with first-degree murder and desecration of a human corpse and arson.

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A Lawton man was killed in a single-car crash in Caddo County early Saturday morning. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 39-year-old Kenneth Deshong was killed in the crash. They say he was driving eastbound on Highway 152 East of Binger when he departed the roadway and...

BINGER (KOKH) - A Lawton man is dead after a fatal crash occurred on Saturday morning near Binger in Caddo County. Reports say Kenneth Deshong, 39, of Lawton, was driving eastbound on OK-152 when he drove off the road and hit a concrete bridge. Deshong was pronounced dead at the...

COMANCHE COUNTY, Okla. — The Comanche County Sheriff's Office has issued a Silver Alert for a missing 78-year-old man who was last seen Saturday morning. Henry Whitehead was last seen around 11 a.m. in the 2000 block of North State Highway 65. He was wearing a gray T-shirt and tan shorts.

A 911 call about an overdose led to a fatal confrontation between Anadarko Police and Silas Lambert, 25, earlier this year. On Friday, the police department held a press conference to release the body cam footage from the incident. Police Chief Eric Harlan gave an update on the status of the officers involved.