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Jealous brother attacks sibling over Mother’s Day card

EDMOND, Okla. – Call it a case of sibling rivalry; Edmond Police said two brothers were competing for the attention of their mother.

Officer James Hamm said, “It’s Mother’s Day and one is trying to impress the mother and the other didn’t like that. It ended with somebody going to jail and somebody in the hospital.”

Police said the fight stemmed from a greeting card.

Stephen Washa, 37, asked his 40-year-old brother, Jasper, to sign a Mother’s Day card.

The report states, “Jasper was jealous of his relationship with their parents … became angry about the card.”

According to police, the older brother unleashed a relentless barrage of punches and the assault didn’t stop there.

Jasper allegedly picked up a glass bottle of rum and repeatedly struck his sibling until the “bottle broke on Stephen’s head.”

Edmond man arrested for human trafficking

EDMOND, Okla. – An Edmond man has been arrested for human trafficking at an Edmond hotel Thursday night.

Authorities took 21-year-old Joshua Hudson into custody at the Broadway Suites hotel near 15th St. and S. Broadway.

Oklahoma City police said they had been seeking an underage pregnant girl and spotted her online.

A meeting was arranged with an undercover officer and then the young woman was taken into protective custody.

Allegedly Hudson was waiting for the juvenile in his vehicle with possibly one other person.

Police said they were using electronics to monitor the activities in the hotel room.

Investigators said they believe Hudson coerced the girl into prostitution.

Police also arrested a juvenile male.

They said he had a baggie of marijuana on him and was helping Hudson.

Man hijacks zamboni from Cox Center

OKLAHOMA CITY – It’s one more reason why you shouldn’t drink and drive.

Police arrested 24-year-old Spencer Holt Saturday night after they said he broke into the Cox Convention Center, hijacked a zamboni and took it for a spin around the ice while under the influence.Zamboni arrest

Tim Linville is the Director of Sales and Marketing for Chesapeke Energy Arena and Cox Convention Center and he said this is a very unusual crime.

“Everybody loves the zamboni, but he’s taking it a little too far,” Linville said.

Andrew Magerkurth works at Blazers Ice Center and knows all about zambonis.

Party-goers injured in Edmond shooting

EDMOND, Okla. – Two party-goers are injured after a weekend shooting in Edmond.

It was just after 2 a.m. Sunday when police rushed to the scene near 33rd St. and Broadway.

They were responding to reports of multiple shots fired, outside the Blue Nile Ethiopian Cuisine restaurant.

Officers found one person had been shot but witnesses told police another victim was being taken to the hospital.

Both victims are expected to be OK.

Police said they are still investigating why the violence broke out in the first place.

Edmond teen arrested for indecent exposure

EDMOND, Okla. – The first report came last November. An employee of an Edmond salon stepped outside for a “smoke break” when she spotted a teenager in a black hoodie and red plaid pajama pants.

To her surprise, he exposed himself.

Edmond Police Officer James Hamm said, “Over the last few months, we’ve gotten reports of a male seen in public exposing himself.”

A second, equally disturbing report came from a neighborhood park in February.

He was literally almost caught with his pants down.

A female jogger was running through the park and spotted the young man, playing with himself.

According to the police report, she looked him straight in the eye and said “you better run.”

She chased him but had to stop after tripping on a mound of dirt and injuring her foot.

The suspect escaped but police said he surfaced this week.

Railroad, police catch drivers who speed through crossings

OKLAHOMA CITY – You probably drive through them every week but do you pay attention to them?

KFOR-TV had a crew on board a train as police caught several people speeding through railroad crossings moments before the train.

You could be putting yourself in extreme danger if you ignore those flashing lights.

On one trip, four cars flew across the tracks just seconds before the train got there.

That is the kind of driving Union Pacific and police want to stop.

“A lot of what this is about is getting the attention of the driving public to make them aware,” Railroad police’s John Schumacher said. “People forget that it’s against the law to drive in front of a train.”

It’s against the law and flat-out dangerous.

Last year alone, Oklahoma was 10 in the country for crossing collisions.

Police: Thief cleans out military man’s home

EDMOND, Okla. – A metro man who has spent most of his life serving our community is now asking for your help after thousands of dollars worth of his property was stolen.

More than $16,000 worth of items were stolen right out of his Edmond home on N. 30th St. including tools, electronics, furniture.

Jeremy Wood was remodeling the house with his wife.

“It was a little disheartening,” he said. “It gave me a kind of that gut feeling when you go in there and your stuff is missing.”

The stuff closest to the Tinker Firefighter’s heart was his Air National Guard uniforms from 21 years of service, baby gifts and fire hats.

“Fire department’s always been a calling for me and going out to help people that are less fortunate than I am or my family is,” he said.

However, the thief’s calling to the house, unlocked doors.