OKLAHOMA CITY —Attorney General John O’Connor is joining a multistate effort urging President Biden to classify fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction. The 18-state bipartisan coalition, led by Florida Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody and Connecticut Democrat Attorney General William Tong, demands the president take decisive action in response to the record increase in overdose deaths related to the lethal substance nationwide.
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September 15, 2022
September 13, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General John O’Connor objected to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed Title IX regulations in several formal comment letters. In the proposed regulations, Biden seeks to redefine “sex” for purposes of Title IX to mean “gender identity,” which threatens to undermine decades of advancement for women in schools, athletics, and the like.
September 6, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General John O’Connor announced today a $438.5 million agreement in principle between JUUL Labs and 34 states and territories resolving a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices. JUUL was, until recently, the dominant player in the vaping market. The multistate investigation revealed that JUUL rose to this position by willfully engaging in an advertising campaign that appealed to youth, even though its e-cigarettes are both illegal for youth to purchase and unhealthy for youth to use.
September 6, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General John O’Connor filed a felony embezzlement charge against the person who was appointed as a fiduciary to liquidate a failed insurance company. Nestor Romero is accused of taking over one million dollars from an insurance company’s receivership estate.
When an Oklahoma-based insurance company cannot meet its policy obligations, the Oklahoma County District Court appoints a Receiver to liquidate the insurance company. The Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner is the Receiver and appoints an assistant receiver to wind down the company.
August 31, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – Today, Attorney General John O’Connor criticized the ongoing campaign by the abortion industry and others to confuse and mislead the public about abortion laws, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent historic overturning of Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. He also released a guidance for law enforcement after the State’s most recent abortion law became effective.
August 30, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office is partnering with the Oklahoma Press Association to host seminars on Oklahoma’s open meeting and open records laws in five locations across the state beginning Sept. 26.
This year’s seminars will feature Julie Pittman, General Counsel to the Attorney General of Oklahoma, and Thomas R. Schneider, Deputy General Counsel to the Attorney General of Oklahoma.
August 29, 2022
Today, Oklahoma joined a coalition of 21 other State Attorneys General in support of a group of Navy SEALs who object to mandatory COVID vaccinations on religious grounds. The coalition’s brief was filed in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in opposition to the Biden Administration’s continued pursuit of universal COVID vaccination regardless of legal authority or civil rights.
August 26, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General John O’Connor filed charges in Cleveland County against a contractor accused of embezzling over $60,000 from multiple victims.
Delbert Middleton, 47, is charged with four counts of Embezzlement and one count of Pattern of Criminal Offenses.
According to investigators, Middleton, who owned 10 Roofing and Construction Inc., took money from four victims for projects he started but did not complete. Investigators also say Middleton did not pay his sub-contractors, which resulted in liens being filed against one victim’s property.
August 18, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General John O’Connor filed charges in Oklahoma County against a couple in the death of their 6-year-old son.
Harold Belton, 47, and Grashaunda Brooks, 44, are each charged with one count of second-degree murder.
Investigators note that, on October 4, 2021, Belton took his son to the emergency room around 5:45 a.m. According to medical staff notes, the boy did not have a pulse when he arrived. Staff believed the boy had been deceased an hour or more, based on his body temperature at admission.
August 18, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General John O’Connor filed charges in Oklahoma County against a contractor accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from two victims for home construction projects he never completed.
Francis Daniel Maldonado, 35, is charged with two counts of Embezzlement.