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Family says city dog ordinance unfair

MOORE, Okla. -- Some residents in Moore believe the city's ordinance regarding dog owner guidelines is harming families. They say it’s because dogs are being labeled vicious when they are not. That title could lead to the dogs being euthanized.

Krystal Marazzi is afraid her huskies will be put to sleep because of a lack of clarity the ordinance.

So she's on a mission to change the code as well as the state law that allows it.

Marazzi says her dogs Coya and Cody have gotten out of the yard three times in five years.

She says ongoing disputes with a neighbor prompted them to call animal control saying her dogs chased them.

The neighbor told animal control the dogs unwantedly approached them.

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Relatives to hospital after OK shooting

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Two men were rushed to the hospital after a shooting at a metro apartment complex Thursday afternoon. Police say one of the victims was shot in the face and the other was shot in the leg.

Oklahoma City Police arrested Willie Stewart, 59, on two counts of shooting with intent to kill.  

Stewart was taken into custody at the apartments off of N.E. 39th St. and Hiwassee.

He’s accused of shooting the two men with a shotgun.

"They were having a dispute over some relationship issues. One of the males got extremely agitated and ended up shooting the other suspect who was there in the face with a shotgun," Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Keith Cornman said.

Judge allows crucial evidence in former officer's trial

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A former Oklahoma City police sergeant accused of sex crimes against some of his former foster sons fights to have some critical evidence thrown out of court.

Maurice Martinez is facing more than a dozen criminal counts ranging from sexual abuse of a child to possession of obscene materials involving a minor.

Early on in the investigation, officers seized Martinez's iPhone. 

Thursday the defense fought to have that phone thrown out as evidence.

In the end, the judge ruled the phone and the pictures found on it can be presented during trial.

"Obviously we're somewhat disappointed the judge did not throw out all the evidence," Martinez's attorney David Slane said.

The reason the iPhone is important, prosecutors claim they found numerous pornographic pictures of potentially underage boys.

Witness writes about murder on Facebook

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- We're learning more about a young woman who was a witness to a gruesome murder in Midwest City. Violet Hemphill, 64, was stabbed and beaten to death inside her home along Holly Lane last week. 

The victim's nephew, Phillip Potts, is facing a charge of first-degree murder for the crime.

Police say Potts' girlfriend, 22-year-old Cierra Steed, was in the home when Potts went on a deadly rampage.

A spokesperson at the Midwest City Police Department says they are still waiting for forensic evidence to come back from the lab in this case, but right now, it appears Steed is simply a witness to the crime that's left a family in a lot of pain.

On her Facebook page Steed wrote, "This is surreal. I can't believe you Potts. I pray for you miss Violet...I am unintentionally part of a horrible gruesome experience..."

Man rapes woman home alone with toddler son

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police are on the lookout for a man who raped a young mother early Wednesday morning in southwest Oklahoma City. The victim says her 2-year-old son was only a few feet away while the attack happened.

This crime began with a knock at the door in the 600 block of S.W. 30th St.

The victim and her son had been watching a movie.

Now, experts hope the mother seeks professional help because it could help her son.

"Fortunately, she did not sustain any major injuries in this assault," Sgt Jennifer Wardlow says.

However, the 20-year-old victim in this case did say she was choked prior to being raped.

The attack began as soon as she opened her front door, around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday.

"The suspect actually shoved his way, forced himself into the home," Wardlow says.

According to a police report, the 250-pound suspect said, "Let me see what you got."

New bill hopes to save state money

New bill hopes to save state money

A bill that has unanimously passed the Oklahoma Senate hopes to save the state Department of Corrections thousands of dollars each year.

What happens to old Crosstown?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Westbound lanes of the new I-40 Crosstown opened this past Sunday, taking traffic off of the old Crosstown for good. For nearly 50 years the old I-40 Crosstown Bridge was the main way to get across the metro.

At its height it carried nearly 125,000 cars a day.

There are a lot of rumors as to what happens next for the old interstate.

Jessica, a metro resident, says, "I heard something about blowing up the bridge for a Batman movie."

Terri Angier, with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, says, "There is no way we would ever demolish a structure like that right in the middle of downtown."

The truth is it being deconstructed, taken down piece-by-piece.

Work on the eastern sides is in progress; each beam is being removed.

Around 1,500 of them will be repurposed, used on county bridges that need repair.

The somewhat hole -filled, patchwork quilt of road will be slowly broken apart.