Meet Andrew Harshman. Mr. Harshman apparently lost his girlfriend to Enid businessman Rick Childs. In response, Harshman did what any red blooded male does when trying to recapture their woman. He tried to hire a hitman. Luckily for Rick, Harshman was not very clever in his attempts. According to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs:
The investigation started when Enid Police learned that Mr. Harshman was actively soliciting the murder of a local business man and was offering to pay for the potential murder.
The Enid Police Narcotics Unit, EPD Investigative Service Division, along with an Agent with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs combined efforts to investigate this allegation. Officers were able to introduce an undercover officer to Harshman as the person who would potentially carry out the murder for hire. The undercover officer obtained enough information from Harshman to establish the solicitation, and through technical investigative procedures, surveillance, and outstanding undercover work by the OBN Agent, officers were able to establish probable cause to arrest Mr. Harshman Tuesday morning.
Bravo to Enid law enforcement, right? They saved a man’s life and set it up so Andrew Harshman will not be able to hurt anyone else. Well, at least not unless he does it during the week.
I know what you’re asking, “What?” Great question. According to this News9 article, Harshman was convicted of trying to hire one person to murder another person and his penalty is 60 weekends (a total of 120 days) in jail. Making it even less constricting is that they aren’t even consecutive weekends. The penalty requires that he spend at least one weekend per month in prison.
One weekend a month? Isn’t that what Army reservists have to commit? Of course, the reservists have the additional burden of possibly being sent to Iraq for an unspecified length of time. So, I guess the lesson is that reservists should offer an undercover police officer $36K to murder their ex-girlfriend’s new husbands.
Category: Unusual.
Published by Patrick at May 3, 2008
Over at OKCcentral.com, Steve Lackeymeyer has some interesting stuff regarding the fallout from Oklahoma City being named one of the Top 10 Hells on Earth. Originally, the article was posted on both AskMen and AOL Travel (the later being where we originally found the story). Once our mayor, local media and the web community found out about the story, AOL pulled Oklahoma City off the list pretty quick.
Here’s some of what they said:
Thank you for your phone call regarding the content provided to us through askmen.com. Our AOL editorial team looked at the material and were unanimous in their agreement that inclusion of Oklahoma City in that kind of negative list was wholly unfair and poor quality journalism. We have since edited/modified the list online and plan to monitor our content relationship with askmen.com in a more careful manner.
AskMen.com, however, hasn’t changed or edited the story. In a way, I kind of like that. Sometimes we write some stuff that people complain about or want edited (like our “where they live” series) and sometimes we cave. So…although I think the inclusion of Oklahoma City as one of the Top 10 Hells on Earth along with places like Chernobyl, Baghdad, and Yaktusk is stupid, I congratulate the editors for sticking to their guns and not removing or editing the story.
That being said, I would encourage them to get rid of the writer of the story, Nick Clarke, as their “Travel Specialist.” And I’m not encouraging this because he’s a bad writer, but simply because he looks like a absolutely privileged tool. If visiting his website, reading his bio and looking up his MySpace Page doesn’t convince you, remember that the guy is a 23-year-old freelance writer who lives in Marbella, Spain, which really doesn’t look like that bad (or cheap) of a place to live. He probably just has some rich parents who own some Marmalade factory in England who support him and his lifestyle, or maybe he’s a traveling male prostitute, which maybe explains why he knows so much about the top hells on Earth. Who knows. Regardless, screw him.
Category: Uncategorized and Unusual.
Published by Tony at May 2, 2008
I’ve been planning on taking a vacation this summer, so I decided to do some research beforehand. The last time I just got in my car and started driving. I’d rather not go into great detail, but let’s just say it didn’t turn out all that well (and that porcupines, tequila and snorkeling is not a good combination).
Anyway, while doing my research, I ran across this list on AOL.com of the Top 10 Places To Not Visit. When I saw this, I thought to myself, “This will be a very useful tool. When I think travel knowledge and competence in general, I think AOL.”
These places are known, according to the list, as “hells on earth.” I think you might surprised to find out that the #5 place in the world Not To Visit is our own Oklahoma City. To put this in some perspective, OKC is the only city in the States to make the list. We rank as a worse place to visit than Baghdad and Chernobyl. I mean, Doug Sauter’s mustache is as terrifying to me as the next guy, but I always thought we were at least in better shape than most warzones.
Here is what they said about us:
The weather is frighteningly unpredictable, with blizzards often descending on the city and winds that could knock a high rise clean off its feet. It is, after all, located in the direct path of “Tornado Alley.” The worst time to visit would be from March to August, when the severe weather season makes Dorothy’s Kansas look positively calm. One of the most powerful tornadoes on record — an F5 with wind speeds of 320 mph — devastated much of the city in 1999.
Oh. Maybe these people don’t exactly know what they’re talking about. Perhaps I should put Mogadishu back on my list of potential vacation spots after all.
UPDATE: I guess they removed us from their list. That takes all the fun out of it. Boo.
Category: Unusual.
Published by Tony at May 1, 2008
This happened last week, and I had planned to post it sooner, but I never got around to it, what with being so busy working on my fledgling whaling business and everything.
I don’t know if the person behind the wheel was just out of it or if they had too much food at the Festival of the Arts or what, but someone managed to completely back all the way INTO the Oklahoma Tower last Thursday. The pics are from alert on-the-spot internet guy SoonerSteven. There are two more after the jump.
Continue reading ‘Why We Don’t Let Clark Matthews Drive’
Category: Unusual.
Published by Tony at April 30, 2008
photo from flickr user “zoomar”
Say what you want about the town of Wilson, Oklahoma, that won’t change the most important thing: I’ve never heard of it.
As of this writing, the lead story on NewsOK.com is about a crime that occurred in the Carter County town of Wilson this weekend. Basically, a lady died, and her dog got sent to the pound. So a few kids, fearing that it would be put to sleep, hatched a plan to bust the dog out of the slammer and let it attend it’s owner’s funeral.
Fortunately, the town of Wilson has a top-notch police chief named Felix Hernandez and his department was able to use their awesome detective skills to deduce what had happened:
“The door to the pound was wide open and there was a guy with the dog in his arms,” Hernandez said.
Now that is some incredible police work!
I don’t know about all of you, but I am glad this story is in the news. It brings some much-needed press to the small town of Wilson, and it also teaches kids that Crime Doesn’t Pay. Except when it does. Am I right, Hooker I Just Skipped Out On Without Paying? High Five!
Category: Unusual.
Published by Patrick at April 26, 2008
From tonight’s 6:00 pm broadcast at KOCO Channel 5. Please watch:
There’s a little part of me that hopes Mr. Johnson is never caught, and that he goes on a notorious crime spree across the metro, burglarizing the lavish homes of local Gallardia residents, and causing old women to scream “My Jewels!” That would be awesome…just imagine how cool our nightly news would become and the the headlines that would appear in the Oklahoman when the OKCPD creates a special task force to track down the thief!
Anyway, if you have any info on Mr. Johnson’s wherabouts, please call crime stoppers…or any Metro Christie’s Toy box.
Category: KOCO and Unusual.
Published by Tony at April 17, 2008
Do not go to 71st and Riverside Drive in Tulsa. I repeat, DO NOT GO TO 71ST AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN TULSA. After the jump, we’ll tell you why.
Continue reading ‘Tulsa Intersection Is Scary, Crazy’
Category: Unusual.
Published by Tony at April 6, 2008
Continuing our ongoing theme of It’s Sunday And I Have Nothing To Write About And Nobody Reads The Site On The Weekend Anyway So I’ll Just Post Videos Of My Friends, here’s a video from some guys you might remember pitching H&R Block last week. This time, they’ve been hired to do a Grandparents.com advertisement (possibly NSFW language).
Come back Monday for Ogle Madness as we start to whittle the Elite 8 down to the Final 4.
Category: Unusual.
Published by Tony at March 30, 2008
If you haven’t done your taxes yet, and can’t afford to have Clark Matthews do them, I have an alternative for you.
This video was done by a buddy of mine, a nice Oklahoma boy who’s gone off to Hollywood to make it big and/or sell his soul to the devil. He’s the chap playing Ricardo. Watch and enjoy, and then come back tomorrow for Ogle Madness. The Sweet 16 begins and the East Regional is the first group up with Gary England taking on Sunni Kate Golloway and Sam Bradford matched up with Chuck Norris.
Category: Unusual.
Published by Tony at March 27, 2008
I’m not actually sure this is Toby, but it did take place in Bethany and it did involve a “sick individual,” so chances are it was. Someone at KWTV needs to tell him this is not the best way to get votes in Ogle Madness.
The AP:
BETHANY, Okla. (AP) — Police in Bethany are looking for what Chief Neal Troutman calls a “sick individual” who’s leaving notes asking for women to give him their underwear.
Troutman said the person is knocking on doors and leaving notes with specific instructions asking for the undergarments.
The notes say the women will be given $20.
Troutman says the person apparently has a fetish and police are worried about what he’ll do next.
(h/t the IW)
Category: Unusual.
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