Jurors weigh case of Oklahoma man charged with molesting Kenyan orphans
OKLAHOMA CITY A jury at a federal court in Oklahoma City began deliberations on Thursday in the case of an Oklahoma man charged with molesting eight orphans in Kenya when he was in the country for...
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Edmond, Oklahoma, missionaries Jerome and Shanna Crawford are planning to return to Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone to share food, medicine and the message of Christ. by Carla Hinton Modified: November 5,...
View ArticleDid federal prosecutors commit misconduct in Edmond missionary's sexual...
Oklahoma County's district attorney has reported to a federal judge that federal prosecutors may have committed misconduct during the highly publicized federal sexual assault trial of a former Edmond...
View ArticleOklahoma man tells court he has no memories of molesting Kenyan children
OKLAHOMA CITY An Oklahoma man charged with sexually molesting children at a Kenyan orphanage told a U.S. federal court on Wednesday he was innocent but believed he was possessed by an evil spirit that...
View ArticleOklahoma man says he has no memories of molesting Kenyan kids
OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma man charged with sexually molesting children at a Kenyan orphanage told a U.S. federal court on Wednesday he was innocent but believed he was possessed by an evil spirit...
View ArticleOklahoma man sentenced for sexually abusing children in Kenya
By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A former missionary from Oklahoma was sentenced in U.S. federal court on Monday to 40 years in prison for molesting children at a Kenyan orphanage. Matthew...
View ArticleJury Finds Edmond Man Guilty of Seven Counts of Engaging in Illicit Sexual...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Oklahoma City Field Office) OKLAHOMA CITY, OK-Today, a federal jury found MATTHEW LANE DURHAM, 20, from Edmond, Oklahoma, guilty on seven counts of engaging...
View ArticleOklahoma man convicted of illegal sexual contact at Kenyan orphanage
OKLAHOMA CITY A jury at a federal court in Oklahoma City on Friday found an Oklahoma man charged with molesting orphans in Kenya during his Christian missionary work guilty of seven counts of illicit...
View ArticleEdmond man found guilty in sex abuse trial
by Kyle Schwab Modified: June 19, 2015 at 1:34 pm • Jurors Friday found former Edmond missionary Matthew Lane Durham guilty of seven counts at his federal trial over sexual offenses against Kenyan...
View ArticleMother of Oklahoma man testifies at child sex abuse trial
The mother of a 20-year-old Oklahoma man charged with molesting Kenyan orphans testified Tuesday that her son was frightened when the allegations were leveled against him and that she told him to "say...
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View ArticleFormer US missionary jailed for abusing Kenya orphans
A former missionary from Oklahoma convicted of sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya was sentenced to 40 years in a federal prison. Matthew Lane Durham, 21, had faced up to 30 years on...
View ArticleTrial gets underway for man accused of abusing Kenyan kids
Reprints + - FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 4, 2014 file photo, Stephen Jones, attorney for Matthew Lane Durham, talks with the media outside the Federal Courthouse in Oklahoma City, following a detention...
View ArticleJury selection to begin for Oklahoma man accused of abuse
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2014 file photo, Melissa Durham, left, and Kyle Durham, right, are pictured as they leave the Federal Courthouse in Oklahoma City, following a detention...
View ArticleProsecutors rest in Kenyan child sex abuse trial in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors questioned their final witnesses Monday, some of them children who testified through an interpreter in a closed courtroom, before resting their case against an...
View ArticleMother of Oklahoma man testifies at child sex abuse trial
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The mother of a 20-year-old Oklahoma man charged with molesting Kenyan orphans testified Tuesday that her son was frightened when the allegations were leveled against him and that...
View ArticleUS judge clears Oklahoma man of 3 Kenyan child abuse charges
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday acquitted an Oklahoma man on three charges accusing him of sexually abusing children at a Kenyan orphanage but rejected his request for a new trial on four...
View ArticleJury selection begins for Oklahoma man accused of abuse
AP • Jury selection has begun in the federal trial of an Oklahoma man accused of sexual misconduct with children at an orphanage in Kenya. Matthew Lane Durham was a volunteer at the Upendo Children's...
View ArticleTrial set for Oklahoma man accused of abusing Kenyan orphans
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2014 file photo, Stephen Jones, attorney for Matthew Lane Durham, talks with the media outside the Federal Courthouse in Oklahoma City, following a...
View ArticleJury selected in trial of Oklahoma man charged with sexually abusing orphans...
AP • A jury has been selected in the trial of a 20-year-old Oklahoma man accused of sexual misconduct with children at an orphanage in Kenya. U.S. District Judge David Russell said Tuesday after the...
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