A teen accused of threatening to shoot up McAlester High School entered a plea of no contest and received a one-year deferred sentenced in a reduced charge, according to court
Cynthia Ledford
The former Pittsburg County court clerk was arrested and charged Friday for alleging hiring a relative in 2019 and obstructing an investigation.
Cynthia Ledford, 51, was charged Friday with two misdemeanor counts of nepotism and obstructing an officer, according to documents filed in Pittsburg County District Court.
Court documents show the case against Ledford is being prosecuted by the District 22 District Attorneyâs Office.
Pittsburg County Jail officials told the News-Capital that Ledford was booked and released Friday. Court records show a judge set Ledford s bond at $1,000.
Special Agent Jordan Toyne with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation wrote in his probable cause affidavit he spoke with Ledford in June 2020 after receiving information that Ledford employed a family member at the Pittsburg County Court Clerkâs Office between the months of May and July 2019.
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An Indianola man was charged for the death of a 13-year-old boy following a crash in October in which the boy was the driver.
Joe Dale Romine, 52, was charged with murder in the second degree after he allegedly allowed a 13-year-old boy on Oct. 5 to drive a truck from McAlester to Indianola âwhich involved conduct that created what a reasonable person would realize was an immediate and extremely high degree of risk or death to another person,â according to documents filed in Pittsburg County District Court.
Romine is also facing an alternative charge of murder in the second degree â felony murder âby committing the felony of child neglectâ by causing the child to drive the truck from McAlester to Indianola being only 13 years old âalthough it was done without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual,â court documents state.