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BY JESSICA LANE
The Express-Star
BY JESSICA LANE
The Express-Star
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fire starting in the middle of the
store shortly after a juvenile sus-
When the officer asked
Woods to exit the vehicle, he
reported she was unsteady on
her feet and had an odor of
alcohol coming from her
breath and person.
"Bethani eventually admit-
ted to consuming one beer
and Xanax earlier in the day,"
Hunt reported.
After performing poorly on
a standardized field sobriety
test, Woods was placed under
arrest for failure to keep right
on a road of sufficient width
and operating a motor vehi-
cle under the influence of
intoxicants. The results of
Woods' breath test was a .02
BrAC.
Woods was transported to
the Grady County Jail.
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Caution tape surrounds the entrance of the Dollar General in Chickasha after a fire caused damage on an aisle and forced
the store to close temporarily. Security footage led to the arrest of a minor.
Juvenile arrested after fire closes Chickasha store
The Chickasha City Council approved the
addition of two drug K-9 units to the police
department at the Monday meeting.
CPD is hoping to have the dogs ready and
the officers trained by September or October,
Interim Police Chief Shanon McClain said.
Two current officers would be assigned to the
unit instead of hiring additional officers.
See DOGS, Page 3A
Absentee voting
period begins in
Minco mayor race
BY ADAM TROXTELL
The Express-Star
A Silver Alert was issued by Tuttle Police on
Wednesday after a woman was reported miss-
ing from a nursing home.
Erma Burleson, 65, has been missing from
the Tuttle Care Center since early Wednesday
morning. An alert was issued on Wednesday
afternoon by Tuttle PD asking the public for
any information on her whereabouts.
Burleson was last known to be wearing a red
shirt and blue jeans. According to the report
she suffers from a proven medical or physical
disability and is in danger of serious injury or
death.
Anyone with information is asked to contact
law enforcement. The Tuttle PD can be reached
at(405) 381-4467.
K-9 units to join
CPD war on drugs
BY ALISSA LINDSEY
The Express-Star
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Applications for absentee ballots in the Minco
special election for mayor may be submitted now.
Minco residents will be voting for either Susan
Hollandsworth or Keith McMullen to be the
town's next mayor on Aug. 11 in a specially called
election. Watson Mitchell resigned from the posi-
See ELECTION, Page 3A
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ony. Zalewski said.
While there were no injuries
due to the incident, one store
aisle received damage and some
wires were melted, Zalewski said.
Bryon Payne, Dollar General
store manager at the location, said
damage was minimal but the store
will remain closed until an assess-
ment has been made.
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A juvenile was arrested for first pect left the area. Zalewski said,
degree arson after allegedly set- Zalewski said he recognized the
ting fire to clothing with matches juvenile from previous contact,
at Dollar General,                 Chickasha Police made contact
Interim Fire Chief Brian with the juvenile, who was arrest-
Zalewski said the Chickasha Fire ed after the incident.
Department responded to the Dol- There were several customers
lar General at 301 W. Kansas Ave. inside the store at the time the fire
around 8 p.m. on Tuesday. was set, thus making the charge
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An allegedly intoxicated
woman was arrested after
driving through a yard.
When Chickasha Police
initiated a traffic stop with
Bethani Woods, she handed
Officer Derek Hunt what
appeared to be a type of debit
card. Woods had allegedly
been spotted driving through
a residential yard along the
western portion of Chickasha
Avenue.
"While speaking with
Bethani, I noticed her speech
was slow and slurred. Bethani
appeared to have some sort
of brown substance on her
face," Hunt said in an inci-
dent report.
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