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Oklahoma man arrested in Las Vegas, accused of kidnapping and attacking woman
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — An Oklahoma man is facing charges after being arrested in Las Vegas and being accused of kidnapping and trying to kill a woman.
According to an arrest report, the victim told police that this all started on July 14.
She said she started to date Shawn Smith about 10 months ago. On July 14, the mother of her daughter’s best friend invited her out for drinks. While the two were catching up, the mother told the woman that their daughters claimed Smith had touched them inappropriately. The woman said this made her angry and she went to Smith’s home in Garber, Oklahoma, which is about an hour and a half north of Oklahoma City, to discuss the matter with him.
She said she argued with Smith and the police were called. She said as she packed her belongings, Smith made threats that he was going to go after her daughters and because they use a specific app on their phones, he knew how to find them. Smith left before police arrived.
The report states the woman told officers she left Smith’s house to go back to her home and she stopped to get gas. She said Smith followed her, got into her car, and told her to drive or else he would hurt her. The woman said Smith told her to stop at a nearby casino to withdraw cash from his account and her account and they drove to Oklahoma City. She said Smith would not allow her to use her phone or go anywhere alone, including the bathroom.
The woman told police that the next day, the pair got onto Highway 40 and left town. While driving through Texas, Smith threw both of their phones out of the car and left them on the side of the road. She said when they stopped for gas, Smith locked her in the car and if she tried to get out, it would set the car alarm off. They stopped for the day in New Mexico where Smith bought a prepaid phone. She tried to set up a Facebook account to tell her daughter where she was but Smith caught her in the process. She also tried to call police back in Oklahoma but Smith caught her again and ended the call. The woman said she also left a note in the bathroom at a Dollar General store identifying who she was, saying she needed help, and that the pair was going to Las Vegas.
The two arrived in Las Vegas on July 16 and got a room at the Excalibur Hotel. The woman told police that even in the room, Smith wouldn’t let her shower or use the bathroom alone and that he “controlled all of her movements”. She said Smith took her to a strip mall where they got a marriage license and were married before going to a Denny’s. Sometime that day, the woman said Smith told her he had previously gone to prison for 17 years for raping a woman. She said this scared her even more and that she thought Smith would hurt her.
According to the arrest report, the pair left Denny’s to head to a novelty store and they were pulled over by patrol officers after Smith made an “unsafe lane change.” The officer got Smith’s license and the woman handed him the vehicle insurance and registration. While they were waiting for the officer to return to the car, Smith allegedly told the woman he was “going to take off, kill her, and then kill himself.”
Smith then sped away from the scene. Officers then pursued the vehicle until it stopped in a dirt lot near Sixth Street and East St Louis Avenue, just a few blocks of the Strip. When police arrived, officers said they saw the woman rolling on the ground bleeding from her left arm with Smith standing over her trying to grab her other arm. Officers said Smith then used a box cutter to cut both of his wrists and refused to follow directions from police. According to the arrest report, officers used a taser to take Smith into custody.
Smith and the woman were taken to Sunrise Hospital to be treated. The woman had a six-inch gash in her forearm that required 13 stitches. The report states doctors told her a tendon had also been severed and she would need to follow up with a surgeon to see if that required surgery.
When officers spoke with Smith at the hospital, the report states he told police “This is really out of character for me. Obviously, I did it.” Smith is facing multiple charges including attempted murder, kidnapping, and domestic battery. He’s scheduled to be in court on Aug. 3.
Oklahoma State has plenty of talent to replace next season, but no one will be more difficult to replace than its star receiver.
Over the past few years, no one has embodied the OSU program better than Brennan Presley. Since he stepped on the field for the first time in 2020, he has been a symbol of consistency for the Pokes.
Although he has played significant roles on a couple of OSU teams that made the Big 12 Championship, he had no issues staying focused throughout the three-win campaign in 2024. In a season where it was easy to find the negatives in just about everything the Cowboys did, Presley remained a bright spot. Entering the season on the Biletnikoff watch list, Presley finished his final collegiate season with 90 catches for 767 yards and seven touchdowns.
The reason Presley will be so difficult to replace is not only because of his impressive numbers each season but also because of how consistent he has been at putting those numbers up.
His consistency led to him breaking the Cowboys’ all-time receptions record in 2024, becoming the first player to cross the 300-catch mark in an OSU uniform by ending his career with 315.
Without Presley out there to be a reliable target next season, there will be some growing pains for whoever suits up under center. Along with always being available for a pass, Presley could be used in a variety of ways.
While it wasn’t his best ability, Presley was also occasionally used as a rusher throughout his career. He ended his OSU tenure with 30 rush attempts for 160 yards and six touchdowns, with most of his carries used as a wrinkle near the goal line.
Of course, the five-year Cowboy was well-known for his ability to return on special teams. His most notable was a kickoff return touchdown in Bedlam in 2021, and 1,667 kick and punt return yards helped him break 5,000 career all-purpose yards.
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An 8-year-old Oklahoma girl is still missing in Texas after floodwaters carried away the family SUV on Christmas Eve.
According to local reports in Sherman, Texas, the SUV ran off the road into a drainage ditch before succumbing to the flood. The Sherman Police Department said six people were inside the vehicle when it crashed.
Four family members were rescued. CBS News reported that the missing girl’s father, Will Robinson, did not survive. Robinson was a coach for the Durant High School Lady Lions basketball team.
By the afternoon of Christmas Day, searchers had covered seven miles of creek in the area without success.
“We are shifting our focus into the county, targeting some possible locations where we have not looked to as yet,” the department wrote on Facebook Wednesday. “Our search will continue until dark today, then we will resume searching again (Thursday) before daylight.”
NORMAN, Okla. — — Raegan Beers matched a career high with 28 points, and No. 10 Oklahoma rolled past Omaha 111-65 on Sunday.
Beers, a 6-foot-4 center, made 11 of 13 field goals and grabbed nine rebounds to help Oklahoma win its fifth straight since an overtime loss to Duke.
Skylar Vann had 12 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and Kiersten Johnson added 12 points for the Sooners (11-1). Oklahoma scored at least 100 points for the third time this season after entering the day ranked fourth nationally with 90.7 points per game.
Ja Harvey scored 21 points and Cora Olsen added 15 for Omaha. The Mavericks (8-5) had won seven straight since a 79-77 loss to Wisconsin, but gave up a season-high point total against the Sooners.
Oklahoma led 52-34 at halftime, with Beers producing 15 points and six rebounds.
The Sooners exploded in the third quarter, outscoring the Mavericks 35-25 to take an 87-59 lead. It matched the most points Oklahoma has scored in a quarter this season. The Sooners made 14 field goals and five 3-pointers in the period.
Omaha: Aside from Harvey, none of the Mavericks could get going. Harvey made 8 of 14 field goals while the rest of the team made 15 of 52.
Oklahoma: The Sooners continued to bully opponents in the paint and beat them with pace. They outrebounded the Mavericks 57-33 and forced 20 turnovers.
Oklahoma set the tone from the beginning by scoring the game’s first eight points. The Sooners led 26-10 at the end of the first quarter.
Omaha made just 2 of 21 3-pointers while Oklahoma made 13 of 35.
Omaha hosts North Dakota on Jan. 2. Oklahoma hosts New Mexico State on Dec. 29.
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