(Tulsa, OK) - The Broken Arrow boa bandit is bagged.  21 year old Ryan Haney has been arrested for allegedly stealing six snakes from Safari's Sanctuary on Monday night.

Tulsa County Sheriff's Sergeant Shannon Clark says Haney was found at his parent's house in the west part of Tulsa County on Tuesday.  He says Haney didn't give up peacefully.

Clark says deputies first talked to Haney outside the home and determined he already had a warrant for his arrest.  He says at that point Haney ran inside, pulled a an air conditioner from a second story window and attempted to throw and eight foot constrictor out of it while deputies were watching from below.

Clark says Haney then came down with a pool cue.  He says Haney did drop it when deputies pulled their less than lethal weapons but proceeded to get into a hand to hand scuffle with them.  He says Haney was eventually subdued by a deputy using a TASER.

Clark says after Haney was handcuffed he continued to struggle and one of their sergeants received a cut from broken glass at the home.  He says the sergeant was treated at the scene.

At Safari's Sanctuary they're very happy to have the snakes back.  The sanctuary's Frank Gaddy says one of the snakes may have taken a bite out of crime on its own.

Gaddy says their newest specimen bit Haney a few times.  He says that's what worried them about having the snakes on the loose because he says they knew "That one had issues."

Gaddy wants to point out that the snake that did the biting is on display but they don't have it interact with the public.

Gaddy says they believe Haney worked at the sanctuary as part of his community service requirement for a previous arrest.  He says they have not recovered the safe that was also stolen.

Haney is being held in the Tulsa County Jail on numerous charges including Assault and Battery on a Police Officer.

(Tulsa, OK) - A suspect was shot and killed by Tulsa County Sheriff's Deputies Friday morning as they were serving a high-risk search warrant for marijuana and methamphetamine inside a biker club at Dawson Road and Kingston Place in Northeast Tulsa. 

Tulsa County Sergeant Shannon Clark said the person was face down on the ground with his hands underneath him when he grabbed a gun from a nearby bookshelf.

"As he grabbed the gun, he turned it in the direction of the officers," Clark said.  "And we believe at this time, 3 of our officers fired simultaneously."

The Tulsa Police Department's Bomb Squad was called briefly to the scene after deputies spotted a suspicious-looking cable and a sign that said "No Cell Phones in This Area", leading them to believe there could be an explosive device, but none were found.

(Tulsa, OK) - A drug overdose is the suspected cause of a death at the Tulsa jail this week.  26 year old Bess Morgan Winfrey-Woodruff turned herself in Tuesday night.  She was wanted for one outstanding felony warrant for Application to Revoke and a City of Tulsa warrant for No Seatbelt.  Sergeant Shannon Clark with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office says Winfrey-Woodruff was found unresponsive in a minimum security female unit in the jail early Wednesday morning.  Other inmates say the Winfrey-Woodruff had produced prescription pills that she was taking and offering to other inmates.  Clark says those inmates say she hid what was left in a body cavity.  He says they believe that is how she smuggled them into the jail because she was searched thoroughly after being booked.  Winfrey-Woodruff's body has been taken to the Medical Examiner's Office for further investigation.  

(Tulsa, OK) - Members of the Tulsa County Drug Task force get a surprise late Thursday morning.  They were serving a warrant on suspected meth lab in a home near 47^th and Waco when a meth lab caught fire.  Tulsa County Sheriff's Sgt. Shannon Clark says the fire may have been deliberately set by people inside the home.  The fire was put out by the Tulsa Fire Department and it appears little damage was done to the home.  Clark says a number of task force members were exposed to smoke from the meth lab.  They were treated at the scene by EMSA.  No one was hospitalized.  Two people, a man and a woman, were arrested.

(Tulsa, OK) - Elves with badges.  The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office has its annual Operation Santa's Helpers underway.  Chief Deputy Tim Albin says they have their deputies and reserve deputies conducting saturation patrols in an effort to both prevent thefts and catch the thieves that seem to be very active this time of year.  "You'll be surprised we'll often times catch these guys roaming around neighborhoods where they don't belong and they're looking for a target.  And so sometimes we can intervene prior to a burglary taking place."  Albin says they also stop and talk with homeowners when they see things that are inviting to thieves like open garage doors and presents stacked against windows as they try to keep crimes to a minimum.

(Tulsa, OK) - A Tulsa County Sheriff's Deputy's patrol unit is hit twice by a man trying to get away.  It happened Wednesday morning after the deputy tried to pull the man over near Interstate 44 and 49^th W. Ave.  The suspect, Steven Edward Johnson fled into a neighborhood but was arrested.  The deputy and passenger in his car were not injured.

(Tulsa, OK) -- Authorities are ramping up their efforts to combat the resurgence of meth labs.  Tulsa County Sheriff's Deputy Catherine Curtin says there is a meth lab information section on their website.  The website is www.tcso.org with the link to meth lab information on the right-hand side.  It includes a poster with meth making ingredients for businesses to post for their employees.  The newest feature on the website allows people to e-mail tips in about suspected meth labs anonymously.  There's also the Tulsa County Meth Hotline.  That number is 596-METH.

     TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ A Oakhurst Fire Department volunteer

firefighter has been arrested on a complaint of arson after a

fellow firefighter said he saw his colleague start a grass fire.

     Tulsa County jail records indicate 44-year-old Merle Harmon

Lawson was arrested about 4:30 a.m. Saturday. He was released on a

$5,000 bond later in the day.

     Tulsa County Sheriff's Deputy Catherine Curtain says a witness

saw Lawson lighting things on fire and throwing them out of his

pickup's window, then exiting the truck, lighting a container of

gasoline and throwing it onto a field.

     Curtain says the witness told authorities Lawson then ran to the

fire station, waited for the fire to be reported, then responded to

it.

     The arrest report notes that a deputy interviewed Oakhurst Fire

Chief Raymond Bates and volunteer firefighter Eric Scott and that

Scott said he saw Lawson start the fire.