Monumento Satánico Plan descartado como 'Publicidad' por los legisladores de Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)-los líderes legislativos en Oklahoma buscan aliviar las preocupaciones del público sobre un plan de un grupo de satanistas para erigir un monumento en el Capitolio estatal.
Casa altavoz T.W. Shannon tanto Senado Presidente Pro Tem Brian Bingman sugirieron el lunes que tal plan distaba de ser una realidad. Los miembros del Comité que sería necesario para aprobar el monumento parecía escépticos.
La Associated Press informó que el templo satánico basado en Nueva York envió una carta a la Comisión de preservación de Oklahoma Capitol indicando sus planes para donar un homenaje a Satanás y han colocado cerca de un monumento de los diez mandamientos en el Capitolio.
Bingman describió el plan como una "maniobra política". Shannon vocero Joe Griffin dijo tal despliegue en el Capitolio "no sería apropiado".

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Debbe Leftwich, Former Oklahoma Senator, Found Guilty In Bribery Case

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Democratic state senator from Oklahoma City was convicted Thursday for her role in a bribery scheme in which she was accused of agreeing not running for re-election in 2010 in exchange for a state job.

Former state Sen. Debbe Leftwich received a one-year suspended sentence that will keep her from serving any jail time. She also agreed never to run again for political office in Oklahoma or to seek employment with the state.

Leftwich waived her right to a jury trial and was found guilty by Oklahoma County District Judge Cindy Truong of one felony count of accepting a thing of value to withdraw as a candidate. As part of a deal with prosecutors, Leftwich will be allowed to appeal her conviction based on the defense theory that she was technically not a candidate for office.

If her appeal is unsuccessful, Leftwich also will lose her retirement benefits because of the felony conviction.

Leftwich was accused of working with former Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, to secure an $80,000-a-year job at the state Medical Examiner's Office for her so that a Republican colleague of Terrill's could seek her open seat. Her jury trial was scheduled to begin next week.

Terrill was convicted in October on a charge of offering a bribe for withdrawal of candidacy. His jury recommended that he serve one year in prison and pay a $5,000 fine.

Leftwich declined to speak to reporters after the hearing, but said in a statement: "I am glad to have this phase of the case resolved in a manner which will allow us to get a ruling from the Court of Criminal Appeals."

Prosecutors said they were pleased with the outcome.

"She's admitted to the basic facts that constitute the wrongdoing. She has been found guilty in a court and has a conviction," said First Assistant District Attorney Scott Rowland. "But she has preserved her ability to take an appeal on the issue of whether or not legally she was a candidate."

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Sean Murphy can be reached at www.twitter.com/apseanmurphy

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Bomb Scare At Oklahoma Police Station Turns Out To Be A Burrito

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That salsa must have some punch.

An Oklahoma police station had a minor bomb scare this week after a man turned in a "suspicious package." It turned out to be a burrito.

The Oklahoma City resident found a thermos container in his backyard around 1 p.m. Thursday, local news outlet KFOR reports. There was foil sticking out of the top, and the man was unsure of what was inside, so he decided to drive it over to a local police station to be safe.

After he relayed the story to police, officers instructed him to leave the package outside as a precaution. A police bomb squad X-rayed the item but soon discovered that the container did not contain an explosive device -- just a delicious snack.

It's not immediately clear how the burrito came to be on the resident's lawn, or why it was in a thermos, but Oklahoma City police are none too thrilled that the man brought it into the station.

“If you think it might or could be dangerous, you should not touch or move it,” Capt. Dexter Nelson told The Oklahoman. “Call the authorities and we will investigate it there.”

Surprisingly, this is not the first time a burrito has been involved in a bomb scare. Earlier this year, a New Mexico man was arrested after he called the FBI's Public Access number and made a threat involving an explosive burrito.

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