Oklahoma: Police Officer committed crimes to feed Gambling Addiction

Second police corruption trial opens
By OMER GILLHAM World Staff Writer

In addition to allegations of altered search warrants, stolen drug money and perjury, Duke is expected to portray Henderson as a police officer with a gambling habit, records show. Yelton is expected be portrayed as an officer who allegedly entered the the jail in May 2010 and attempted to enlist an inmate to assault a witness in the case, records show.

Henderson is facing 58 counts: 22 counts related to perjury, 20 related to civil rights violations, 12 related to drugs, two witness-tampering counts, one firearms count and one attempted bribery count.

The investigation uncovered allegations that police had falsified search warrants, used nonexistent informants, intimidated witnesses, stole drugs, sold drugs and stole money during arrests. Thus far, the names of 11 Tulsa police officers and a former federal agent have surfaced in the federal probe.

Meanwhile, 38 people have been freed from prison or had their felony cases modified due to police corruption, a Tulsa World investigation shows.