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March 11, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 11, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond has become the first ever attorney general to receive the Sunshine Award from Freedom of Information (FOI) Oklahoma. The prestigious honor is awarded each year to a public official for showing a commitment to open meetings and open records.
The award comes during Sunshine Week, which runs from March 10 to 16 this year and promotes open government and access to public information.
March 7, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 7, 2024) – The Multi-County Grand Jury indicted six individuals today in connection with two separate large-scale seizures of illegal marijuana by the Office of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) and its partner law enforcement agencies.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised the work of the OCTF and the federal, tribal, state and local agencies it routinely works with to combat illegal marijuana operations and other criminal activity.
March 6, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 6, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond made the following remarks after the state Pardon and Parole Board today rejected clemency for death row inmate Michael Dewayne Smith.
Smith is scheduled to be executed April 4 for murdering a 40-year-old mother and a 24-year-old store clerk in separate incidents on Feb. 22, 2002. At the time of the murders, he was already a fugitive on the run for a previous killing. He is among just 10 percent of death row inmates in the nation who have killed multiple victims.
March 6, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 6, 2024) -- Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a bipartisan coalition of 40 other attorneys general sent a letter Tuesday to Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta) asking for a data security review following major increases in scammers taking over accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
Account takeovers take place when bad actors break into a user’s account, change the password and effectively hijack the account, blocking out the rightful owner. Scammers also can steal personal information, read private messages and pose as the user to scam contacts.
February 29, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 29, 2024) – The Multi-County Grand Jury has indicted a Tulsa County resident in connection to a large-scale marijuana seizure recently conducted by the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF).
February 28, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 28, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued two separate opinions today relating to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).
In response to a formal opinion request from Sen. Mary Boren, Drummond’s opinion holds that an individual may not simultaneously serve as the Secretary of Transportation, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Executive Director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA).
February 27, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 27, 2024) -- Attorney General Gentner Drummond has sent a letter demanding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and FBI address a recent HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that found unaccompanied migrant children in the custody of the federal government are being released into unsafe situations, including into human trafficking.
February 23, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 23, 2024) – The Office of the Attorney General is witnessing steady growth in its work uncovering digital evidence. In 2023, the office processed and analyzed 828 pieces of technology representing 219 separate cases. Collectively, that amounts to 258.44 terabytes of data – roughly the equivalent of 861,636,960 books.
February 23, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 23, 2024) - Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is requesting the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board deny clemency for Michael Dewayne Smith, who was convicted of murdering a 40-year-old mother and a 24-year-old store clerk in separate incidents on Feb. 22, 2002. Smith’s clemency hearing is set for March 6.