The Norman Transcript Crime/Courts 2012-02-15T02:39:52-06:00 urn:uuid:8d6202fa-5aa0-4342-acfb-f8931a2ac34d Police link man to multiple rapes By Andy Rieger urn:uuid:3211800-1-21412-2695214 2012-02-15T00:54:58-06:00 <p> Cleveland County prosecutors are expected to file as many as 20 felony charges ranging from burglary to first-degree rape and forcible oral sodomy against a former OU student who police say confessed to sexual assaults on Norman college ...</p> Preliminary hearing set for former OU professor Transcript Staff Writer urn:uuid:3211800-1-21412-2696499 2012-02-15T00:54:58-06:00 <p>By Joel Pruett On Tuesday, the preliminary hearing for a former University of Oklahoma professor suspected of rape and sexual abuse of and lewd acts with children was set for May 10....</p> Pedestrian in serious condition Transcript Staff urn:uuid:3211800-1-21412-2696178 2012-02-15T00:54:57-06:00 <p>A 64-year-old Norman man improved from critical condition to serious condition Tuesday night. He remains in OU Medical Center after being struck Monday while crossing 12th Avenue Northeast, north of Main Street....</p> Sheriff: Precautions can help prevent theft Transcript Staff urn:uuid:3211800-1-21312-2692054 2012-02-14T00:54:54-06:00 <p>It only takes a few minutes for burglars to break into a residence or vehicle....</p> Police release name of pedestrian struck on 12th Avenue SE Transcript Staff urn:uuid:3211800-1-21412-2695379 2012-02-14T00:10:59-06:00 <p> A 64-year-old Norman resident remains in critical condition today after being struck while crossing 12th Avenue NE north of Main Street....</p> Police release name of pedestrian struck on 12th Avenue SE Transcript Staff urn:uuid:3211800-1-21412-2695467 2012-02-14T00:10:59-06:00 <p> A 64-year-old Norman resident remains in critical condition today after being struck while crossing 12th Avenue NE north of Main Street....</p> New jail to install curtains By Joel Pruett urn:uuid:3211800-1-21012-2681867 2012-02-13T00:54:58-06:00 <p>The F. DeWayne Beggs Detention Center, though still in its infancy, is getting a facelift: new curtains....</p> County prisoners moved to new jail Transcript Staff urn:uuid:3211800-1-21112-2683382 2012-02-12T00:54:58-06:00 <p>Cleveland County sheriff’s deputies began moving prisoners from the detention center adjacent to the courthouse to the new F. DeWayne Beggs Detention Center at Franklin Road and U.S. 77 early Saturday morning....</p> Audit leads to arrest Transcript Staff urn:uuid:3211800-1-21012-2680268 2012-02-11T00:54:58-06:00 <p>A Norman woman has been charged with embezzlement after her employer alleged she made payments to herself and others, in the amount of $14,286.08, using unauthorized checks....</p> Norman man convicted of rape By Joel Pruett urn:uuid:3211800-1-21012-2681628 2012-02-11T00:54:56-06:00 <p>A Cleveland County jury has convicted a Norman man on one count of first-degree rape and one count of second-degree rape by instrumentation....</p>