[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7768]

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Guthrie motorist who piled up a backlog of traffic tickets recently is being sought for questioning in connection with the destruction of a police car here. The car, parked behind the Guthrie police station, was set afire, apparently by an arsonist, shortly after midnight Tuesday, police said. "We've got a suspect in mind," Guthrie Police chief Leroy Sears said. "He was arrested two days ago on drug possession and also had a lot of traffic tickets," the police chief said, adding the suspect had phoned in threats...........Night dispatcher … continued below

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Southerland, Paul July 20, 1976.

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  • Added Title: Police Car Arson Suspect Sought

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Guthrie motorist who piled up a backlog of traffic tickets recently is being sought for questioning in connection with the destruction of a police car here. The car, parked behind the Guthrie police station, was set afire, apparently by an arsonist, shortly after midnight Tuesday, police said. "We've got a suspect in mind," Guthrie Police chief Leroy Sears said. "He was arrested two days ago on drug possession and also had a lot of traffic tickets," the police chief said, adding the suspect had phoned in threats...........Night dispatcher Kenneth Hirzel said he heard a door slam outside the station about 12:40 a.m. Tuesday. The car was demolished within minutes, Chief Sears said. "The fire station's only half block away. That car burned in just a matter of minutes," he said. A shotgun on an electronically controlled rack melted and $2,000 worth of radar and radio equipment was charred, he added."

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PublishDate: O-7-21-76

Credit: Daily Oklahoman

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  • "Police Car Arson Suspect Sought", Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July 21, 1976

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Southerland, Paul. [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7768], photograph, July 20, 1976; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1701997/: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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