Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
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Memorial Funds:
Name of the Trooper and
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Chief's Office, Oklahoma Highway Patrol
3600 N. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
Trooper
Sam R. Henderson
March 25, 1903 - May 7, 1941
Badge #51
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1937
Trooper Henderson had stopped a vehicle near Lawton for defective lights. As Henderson was making the contact he was struck by a vehicle which did not stop.
The vehicle was found ten blocks from the scene by local police and was identified as the death vehicle. An intoxicated Fort Sill soldier was found in the vehicle. The man claimed two other soldiers had fled; they were not found and it has been determined did not exist.
Trooper
James A. Long
April 7, 1910 - July 12, 1942
Badge #68
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1941
Trooper Long worked at Patrol headquarters until approximately 1:30 a.m. on July 12, 1942. As Long passed a park at Northwest 22nd and Broadway, Oklahoma City, he heard screams from an eighteen year-old girl who was being beaten by a man who had followed and attacked her. When Long went to her aid the attacker fired four shots with one hitting Long in the chest.
The murderer has never been apprehended.
Trooper
Theo Cobb
February 5, 1908 - June 24, 1951
Badge #79
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1937
Trooper Cobb and Trooper Charles Branch were investigating a minor collision on State Highway 76 north of Fox, Oklahoma. They observed a car approaching at a high rate of speed and Trooper Cobb stepped from behind a wrecker with his flashlight to slow it down. Trooper Cobb was struck by the left front fender and the driver did not stop. Trooper Branch broadcast an alarm and roadblocks were set up over a ten county area.
A twenty year-old, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, soldier turned himself in to the Healdton city marshal a few hours later and advised that he had been afraid to stop.
He was charged with manslaughter.
Also see: http://www.brightok.net/chickasaw/ardmore/county/cobb.html
Trooper
Johnnie Whittle
July 26, 1915 - September 14, 1953
Badge #135
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1943
Trooper Whittle responded to a report from an Edmond man that he had given two men a ride to Oklahoma City and that they were acting suspiciously. At approximately 9:10 a.m. Trooper Whittle had picked up the pair and was turning into the Patrol driveway when one of the men pulled a pistol from a shoulder holster. As Trooper Whittle moved toward the man the suspect fired one shot which struck the second man in the right hand. The killer then fled on foot while the second man remained in the unit.
The murderer was arrested approximately two hours later some three miles away as he was trying to hitchhike. He was sentenced to a sixty-five year prison sentence following a first-degree manslaughter conviction.
Trooper
John R. Barter
September 24, 1927 - January 12,1959
Badge #122
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1953
Trooper Barter was on patrol on United States Highway 62 near Altus when he turned onto a county road to investigate a disturbance. He found a parolee, who he had been in the service with, and a women. When Trooper Barter asked about the gun the man carried, the man stated they had been target practicing.
It was later determined that the pair had earlier shot at the man's wife and had just tried to kill a black porter who refused to live with the woman.
When Trooper Barter directed the man to surrender the weapon the parolee shot the Trooper in the chest.
A motorist reported the crime and the two were arrested at a Highway Patrol roadblock near Randlett some three hours later.
The man was executed for the crime in 1960 and the women was sentenced to a prison term and was paroled in 1975.
Trooper
Howard M. Crumley
May 5, 1936 - June 28, 1970
Badge #250
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1965
Trooper Crumley apparently had been working radar and had contacted a violator. Trooper Crumley was killed by two shots from his service revolver. A driver's license was found beside his body.
It was later determined that two brothers had brutally murdered a man and had been stopped by Trooper Crumley shortly afterwards. While Trooper Crumley had the driver spread-eagled on the hood, apparently to search him for weapons, the passenger pulled a gun and the pair then shot the Trooper. They then kidnapped a women and forced her to drive them around for several hours near Lake Murray. One of the men the shot himself and the other one forced the women to drive him to a third brother's residence after leaving the fatally injured man at a hospital. Troopers and other officers arrested the man after the women reported the incidents.
The twenty-two year-old man was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Also see: http://www.brightok.net/chickasaw/ardmore/county/crumley.html
Trooper
Larry B. Smith
December 8, 1944 - January 29, 1971
Badge #510
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1970
Trooper Smith was making an emergency response to a reported burglary near Tonkawa when a seventeen year-old driver made a left turn in front of the unit on United States Highway 60. Both drivers were killed in the collision.
Trooper
October 25, 1937 - February 17, 1971
Badge #391
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1967
Parks officials at Fountainhead State Lodge requested OHP assistance in arresting two men who were on park grounds and apparently in illegal possession of firearms. The request was made shortly after 6:00 p.m. and was answered by Trooper Walker.
Trooper Walker made the arrest and radioed McAlester headquarters for a tow truck with the suspects in the patrol unit. One of the men pulled a concealed weapon and fatally wounded Trooper Walker and Park Superintendent Leo Newton. State Game Ranger W.L. Pickens was critically wounded but later recovered.
A massive manhunt was launched and two suspects were arrested approximately eighty-three hours later only a short distance away. Three pistols including the Trooper's service revolver, a rifle, a shotgun and ammunition were recovered.
Robert Eugene Ake
June 14, 1944 - September 18, 1972
Badge #240
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1970
Trooper Ake had apparently made a traffic contact at Northeast 36th and Westminster in Spencer. As Trooper Ake interrogated one passenger, a nineteen year-old man grabbed the Trooper's pistol and shot him twice.
After a massive investigation over several months, the nineteen year-old was identified as the assailant by a friend who said he was present at the time of the crime.
The man was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Thomas F. Isbell
November 7, 1946 - December 20, 1972
Badge #227
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1971
Trooper Isbell and Trooper Robert C. Foltz were investigating a collision on I-40 west of El Reno. Trooper Isbell was measuring skid marks when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a Des Moines, Iowa, woman. The woman had been driving for a long period of time and was very tired and sleepy and had nearly struck the patrol unit before colliding with the Trooper.
She was charged with negligent homicide.
Trooper
J. C. Magar
June 28, 1946 - June 29, 1975
Badge #146
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1970
Trooper Magar has assisted a Texas motorist and his wife by giving them a ride to Hugo after their vehicle broke down on the highway. After leaving the pair at a telephone Trooper Magar went to the Hugo police department. The motorist then came to the police station, got behind the Trooper, grabbed his service revolver and ordered him to drive to the airport. As they approached the unit the man fatally wounded Trooper Magar. Police Officers summoned by the dispatcher fired at the assailant but he turned the weapon on himself and died almost instantly.
Trooper
Larry V. Crabtree
December 3, 1933 - April 4, 1977
Badge #294
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1964
Trooper Crabtree received a report from an attendant at the Heyburn Station on the Turner Turnpike that a vehicle had jumped a curb and crossed a barrow ditch to reach the turnpike instead of using the entrance ramp. Trooper Crabtree stopped the vehicle at mile fifty-eight and as he approached the vehicle the sixteen year-old driver turned in the seat and fired one shotgun blast at point-blank range.
Citizen Band radio equipped motorists who witnessed the murder alerted Troopers who arrested the five occupants of the vehicle at mile forty-four.
Three juveniles were later released to the custody of their parents. A sixteen year-old boy was subsequently convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
First Lieutenant
Cell C. Howell
April 21, 1928 - April 27, 1977
Badge #19
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1958
Lieutenant Howell stopped to assist a motorist and his pregnant wife at Southwest Eighty-ninth on United States Highway 62 in Oklahoma City. As Lieutenant Howell approached the vehicle as intoxicated driver veered from the inside lane to the shoulder and the right front of the vehicle struck the Trooper. The driver, a Chickasha man, left the scene without stopping and was apprehended by the Oklahoma City police as Southwest Fifteenth and Agnew a short time later.
He was subsequently sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
Trooper
Billy G. Young
July 23, 1927 - May 26, 1978
Badge #117
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1953
Trooper Young and Trooper Summers had been assigned to participate in a search for two McAlester Penitentiary escapees being sought for multiple murders committed after their escape in their flight through six states.
Trooper Young and Trooper Summers encountered the two escapees on a county road near Kenefic and were killed in the resulting gun fight.
Both escapees were shot and killed in Caddo by troopers later that same day.
Also see:
Dark day in OHP History May 26, 1978 by Trp. Bruce Schulze #180
Trooper
Houston F. "Pappy" Summers
August 12, 1915 - May 26, 1978
Badge #153
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1946
Trooper Summers and Trooper Young had been assigned to participate in a search for two McAlester Penitentiary escapees being sought for multiple murders committed after their escape in their flight through six states.
Trooper Summers and Trooper Young encountered the two escapees on a county road near Kenefic and were killed in the resulting gun fight.
Both escapees were shot and killed in Caddo by troopers later that same day.
Also see:
Dark day in OHP History May 26, 1978 by Trp. Bruce Schulze #180
Second Lieutenant
Pat Grimes
November 25, 1941 - May 26, 1978
Badge #88
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1966
2LT Grimes and 2LT H. E. Hughes located two McAlester Penitentiary escapees involved in an earlier gun fight with Trooper Young and Trooper Summers near Kenefic when the escapees drove their stolen pickup into a Caddo residence yard.
Trooper Lloyd Basinger, pilot of an OHP aircraft, had spotted the stolen vehicle and guided Patrol units until the convicts stopped their vehicle.
2LT Grimes was killed in the resulting gun fight before the two escapees were themselves shot and killed by troopers.
2LT Hughes received gunshot wounds during the gun fight but subsequently recovered and returned to duty.
Also see:
Dark day in OHP History May 26, 1978 by Trp. Bruce Schulze #180
Trooper
Rondal Ray Alexander
September 25, 1945 - July 3, 1978
Badge #361
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1974
Trooper Alexander and Ft. Sill soldier Spec. 4 Ronnie D. Russell were passengers on an OHP aircraft piloted by Trooper Oldaker which was on a low flying mission over the Salt Fork River bed near Hollis. The plane struck a utility pole guy wire spanning the river and crashed.
All three men died in the crash.
Trooper
Richard D. Oldaker
March 3, 1945 - July 3, 1978
Badge #477
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1969
Trooper Oldaker, pilot of the airplane, Trooper Alexander and Ft. Sill soldier Spec. 4 Ronnie D. Russell were aboard an OHP aircraft on a low flying mission over the Salt Fork River bed near Hollis. The plane struck a utility pole guy wire spanning the river and crashed.
All three men died in the crash.
Trooper
Kenny Lee Osborn
July 7, 1947 - July 13, 1978
Badge #289
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1972
Trooper Osborn had stopped to investigate an abandoned vehicle, on the shoulder of the Turner Turnpike in Creek County, which was parked at the end of a construction zone. A semi-trailer rig loaded with steel went out of control while leaving the construction zone and struck and killed Trooper Osborn.
The truck driver was charged in Creek County with negligent homicide.
Second Lieutenant
Kenneth D. Strang
February 13, 1942 - March 1, 1980
Badge #57
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1966
2LT Strang was completing a ten hour shift resulting from bitter cold and icy weather and was enroute to his residence when he ran off the roadway and his cruiser slammed into a bridge abutment.
2LT Strang was killed almost instantly.
Trooper
Edward A. Elliott
March 15, 1938 - August 23, 1980
Badge #351
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1966
Trooper Elliott and Trooper Tom Flanagan had stopped a truck driver for a traffic violation on the H. E. Bailey Turnpike near Lawton. Trooper Elliott was standing between his cruiser and the truck when a vehicle struck the rear of the unit and propelled it into him. Trooper Elliott was dead on arrival at a Lawton Hospital.
Trooper Flanagan, sitting in the unit, sustained minor injuries and later recovered.
The motorist was not injured.
The driver of the death vehicle was charged with negligent homicide in Comanche County.
Trooper
Travis Leon Bench
November 24, 1955 - October 5, 1982
Badge #697
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1982
In the mid-morning hours, Trooper Bench effected a traffic stop on State Highway 97, midway between Sapulpa and Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He ran a routine DL check on the man driving the vehicle, and discovered his license was under suspension.
As Trooper Bench attempted to place the man, Later identified as Charles Enoch Brown, under arrest, Brown ran to his vehicle, retrieved a pistol, and opened fire on Trooper Bench.
Trooper Bench was apparently retreating to the rear of his unit when one of Brown's shots smashed through the front and rear windshields of his unit, striking Trooper Bench in the head. Trooper Bench was pronounced dead two hours later at a Tulsa hospital.
Brown was tried and convicted for murder and received a life sentence.
Lake Patrolman
Mark O. Harris
August 8, 1948 - September 2, 1984
Badge #1113
Joined the Oklahoma Lake Patrol in 1982
Officer Harris was enroute to investigate a reported drowning at Lake Thunderbird, later found to be an erroneous report, when he stopped a vehicle on Interstate 35 near Indian Hills Road in Cleveland County for speeding. As he wrote the citation, a car traveling on the Interstate ran off the road, struck Officer Harris' unit, then smashed into the second car and Officer Harris. Officer Harris was thrown into the roadway and struck by a third vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle that ran off the road was later charged with manslaughter in Cleveland County. The driver of the third vehicle that struck Officer Harris left the scene, and was never found.
Trooper
Guy David Nalley
July 28, 1955 - October 27, 1984
Badge #
749Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1982
At about 8:20 p.m. Trooper Nalley stopped a tractor-trailer rig on State Highway 6, twelve miles northwest of Sayre, Oklahoma. A routine DL and registration check revealed that both the truck and its trailer were reported stolen.
Trooper Nalley requested backup, with Trooper Mike
McClelland responding. Trooper McClelland reached the scene about fifteen minutes later, and found Trooper Nalley by the side of the road, shot twice in the head. A search was quickly launched, and the suspected assailant, later identified as William E. Best, was apprehended by Beckham County Sheriff's deputies about ninety minutes later near Elk City.Best was charges with murder, but committed to Eastern State Hospital in Vinita, Oklahoma for psychiatric evaluation prior to trial. During the time he was at Vinita, a woman smuggled a handgun into the institution for Best. He subsequently took hostages inside the hospital.
Best was killed in the course of the incident by Lieutenant Bob Green.
Trooper
Randy J. Littlefield
October 4, 1953 - January 15, 1990
Badge #791
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1984
Trooper Littlefield came upon a stalled vehicle on State Highway 20 three miles east of Jay, Oklahoma at approximately 6:35 p.m. He pulled his unit to the shoulder of the road, and proceeded to direct traffic around the stalled vehicle.
While attempts were being made by the disabled motorist to restart his vehicle with jumper cables, a car driven by a 68 year-old Afton, Oklahoma man came upon the scene and struck Trooper Littlefield, knocking him under the stalled vehicle. The force of the impact moved the vehicle, with Trooper Littlefield under it, seventy-five feet down the road.
Trooper Littlefield was dead on arrival at Grove Memorial Hospital a short time later. The Afton man, later identified as Ross England was ultimately charged with first-degree manslaughter. England was subsequently convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the incident.
Trooper
Duane L. Grundy
November 28, 1949 - April 11, 1990
Badge #597
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1976
At approximately 2:10 a.m. Trooper Grundy was on routine patrol on the Will Rogers Turnpike in far northeastern Oklahoma, near the Craig-Ottawa County line. Trooper Grundy effected a traffic stop of a vehicle for a burned out headlamp.
As Trooper Grundy exited his unit and walked up to the vehicle to write down its tag number, he was struck by a pickup truck driven by 82 year-old James A. Grundy of Joplin Missouri (no relation to the Trooper). The force of the impact knocked him into the vehicle he had stopped.
Trooper Grundy was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident.
Trooper
Joseph E. Nicolle
July 26, 1951 - July 26, 1990
Badge #750
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1982
Shortly after noon Trooper Nicolle was piloting the OHP helicopter out of Muskogee, Oklahoma, enroute to Watts, in Adair County, to assist Adair County authorities in locating and eradicating a large marijuana field.
As Trooper Nicolle was flying over United States Highway 62, southwest of Tahlequah, the helicopter struck a power line, and crashed on the shoulder of the road.
Trooper Nicolle was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
Trooper
July 4, 1950 - September 24, 1999
Badge #632
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1979
At 1230 hours, September 24, 1999, while assisting in
serving felony warrants at a residence in Sequoyah County, members of the Oklahoma Highway
Patrol Tactical Team arrived at a residence near Sallisaw to execute warrants. Upon
approaching the residence, Troopers John M. (Buddy) Hamilton and David W. (Rocky) Eales
were fired upon. Trooper Hamilton received non-fatal wounds to both shoulders and
left eye and was transported to a Tulsa Hospital in good condition. Trooper Eales
received a fatal wound and expired at the scene. Two suspects were taken into
custody. One suspect received a non-fatal wound and the second suspect is in
custody. Kenneth Barrett later was later convicted in a Federal Court and
sentenced to death.
Trooper Eales was a 20 year veteran of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. He served as a
trooper in Tulsa, Watonga, McAlester and on the Indian Nations Turnpike. He was also
a member of the patrol's tactical team. Trooper Eales is survived by his wife, Kelli
and two children, Allison 6 and Hayden 2.
FOREVER #632
Trooper
Matthew S. Evans
November 19, 1975 - August 31, 2000
Badge #895
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1999
Trooper Evans was west bound on I-40 in Oklahoma City enroute to assist another Trooper who was calling for backup. Unknown to Trooper Evans, Oklahoma City Police Officer Jeffrey Dean Rominger just initiated pursuit of a vehicle which entered I-40 at May Ave. eastbound in the westbound lanes. As they topped a small hill the suspect struck a semi truck causing the suspect and patrol units to collide.
Trooper Evans was killed on impact. Officer Rominger was transported to an Oklahoma City hospital and died a short time later. Both occupants in the suspect vehicle also died on impact.
Trooper Evans had been with the OHP for 1 year and survived by his wife Jennifer. Officer Rominger had been with OCPD for 2 years.
Trooper
Christopher Van Krevelen
October 12, 1973 - November 28, 2002
Badge #952
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1999
Trooper Van Krevelen was killed in an automobile accident on Thanksgiving afternoon while responding to a report of a train-car collision near Enid. Trooper Van Krevelen is survived by his wife.
Guest Book for Trooper Van Krevelen
Trooper
Nikky J. Green
October 1, 1968 - December 26, 2003
Badge #198
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1997
Trooper Green was shot and killed by a subject while checking on a vehicle near Devol, Oklahoma. Trooper Green had advised he was out on a possible disabled vehicle. When dispatch checked and did not receive an answer from Trooper Green, a Cotton County Deputy was sent to the scene and found Trooper Green had been shot. Review of the in-car video tape indicated that the suspect was cooking methamphetamine and while attempting to arrest the suspect, a fight ensued. Ricky Ray Malone was convicted and sentenced to death.
Trooper Green is survived by his wife and 3 daughters.
Officer Down Memorial Page - Reflections
A post from a
message board 12-30-2003
Trooper Nikky J Green
was killed in the line of duty the day after Christmas. Today I had the honor of standing
beside the road and watching his funeral procession. I heard about it on the radio and put
on my best and headed to I-44 to pay my respects as it passed through Lawton. I was
literally moved to tears. When I arrived the interstate was already lined with fire
trucks, ambulances, tow truck, and ordinary citizens like me lined up to pay their last
respects with lights flashing. I pulled in behind a fire truck and turned on my four ways. I
stood beside the fireman and watched. First 30 Oklahoma Highway Patrol Cars came by very
slowly. Maybe 35 miles an hour. Then there were 10 rows of 2 police motorcycles, followed
by the limousine and the hearse, which was trailed by another 12 OHP motorcycles. Then
came 198 Oklahoma Highway Patrol cars in honor of the troopers badge number. Then every
jurisdiction in Oklahoma that had a car to spare sent one. There must have been at least
400 different police cars, including animal control and fish and game. Then came a line of
federal cars, FBI, ATF, US Customs, Secret Service, and US Marshals were marked and there
were several unmarked cars with US Government plates, then there were vehicles
representing the US Marines, US Navy, US Army, US Air Force, and US Coast Guard. Then
there were several dozen civilian vehicles carrying mourners and family, and the
procession ended with another 30 OHP cars. I have a huge amount of respect, admiration,
and even love for law enforcement officials. I always have and hope I always will. I'm not
ashamed to say that I think all our fine officers are everyday heroes regardless of race
or creed. To me a law enforcement official is the glue that holds our society together.
I'll be making a extra large contribution to the police fund this year and would like to
encourage everyone here to support their own states police funds. I can only hope that the
support Oklahomans put out today will be of some comfort to the family in their grief. I
hope our fine officers find the savage who did this and that they give him swift justice.
Trooper
Steven R. Smith
March 18, 1962 - February 9, 2006
Badge #725
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1995
Trooper Steve Smith was shot by an armed man at a cemetery near Bernice, Oklahoma. On April 25th, 1999, Trooper Eddie Rose and Grove Police Department responded to a reported homicide where a body was found in the cemetery. Shortly after they arrived on the scene, an armed man confronted them. The officers directed him to surrender his weapon but he refused.
Trooper Smith and the Delaware County Sheriff arrived to assist and during a struggle with the suspect, both officers were wounded from shots fired by the suspect. The suspect, Carlton Davis, then shot and killed himself. Trooper Smith suffered a gunshot to the neck and the injuries left him permanently and totally disabled.
The shooting forced Trooper Smith to take medical retirement in 2000. Trooper Smith's injuries that day ultimately resulted in his death.
Trooper
William (Bill) L. McClendon
September 19, 1969 - October 1, 2006
Badge #663
Joined the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1998
Trooper McClendon was killed about 1:20 p.m. in an accident involving a tractor-trailer on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Claremore. Trooper McClendon was responding to a call but it was cancelled. As he attempted a turnaround, he was struck by a tractor- trailer. Trooper McClendon and the tractor trailer driver were both killed.
Trooper McClendon is survived by his wife and three children.
Fallen Friend
My first badge was pinned on by Bill,
and my future was shaped by his good will;
see he was more than a cop to me, he was my friend and forever will be.
I will miss you and your service too, for today this profession is sadly blue.
As you look down upon us all, rest my friend, we'll take the call.
Our tribute to you will forever be, to fill your shoes you leave with the OHP!
Oct. 2nd, 2006 By: Your BROTHER-IN-LAW & Friend
Photo by Sapulpa Daily Herald
May their deaths stand as a
tribute to all those who
risk their lives so that others may live.
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Trooper Trap - Prisoner Seatbelt Alarm
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