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  • June 10, 2009 - Adam Clayton Roberts, who is wanted for two counts of First Degree Murder, Arson and Burglary by the Creek County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Nashville, TN this morning.  Roberts, along with three other individuals, are accused of committing a home invasion near Bristow, OK on April 7, 2006. During the course of the burglary, Cassandra Morris was shot and killed. The suspects then allegedly used a flammable liquid to set the house on fire. After leaving the home, the suspects are accused of stopping at a nearby residence because they were concerned about witnesses to the homicide. At that residence, Kenneth Taylor was shot and killed as his wife watched from a window.
  • October 09, 2008 - U.S. Marshals in Denver, Colorado arrested John Richard Beato, who is wanted by the Tulsa Police Department for the homicide of 25-year-old Antonio Flores who was found dead in his mobile home days after the murder that occurred in August of 2007. Tulsa homicide detectives requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals led Northern Oklahoma Violent Crimes Task Force in the apprehension of John Richard Beato. Tulsa detectives and U.S. Marshals received information that Beato had possibly traveled to the Basalt, Colorado area shortly after the homicide.
 
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