GUILTY OK - Young girl, 8, Tulsa, 4 May 2014

[TexasLori]

So so so so happy! Sweet baby is where she belongs, with her momma!

 

[STEADFAST]

Slatton was booked into the Tulsa County jail on complaint of kidnapping. Jail records show he is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond with a court appearance set for May 13, 2014.

http://www.newson6.com/story/25427825/tulsa-police-cancel-amber-alert-after-girl-found-safe

They also mention at link:

Michael Slatton was taken by ambulance to a Tulsa hospital following his arrest. He seemed groggy but made an obscene gesture to the media as he was loaded into the ambulance.

 

[MamaJoJo]

http://www.newson6.com/story/25427825/tulsa-police-cancel-amber-alert-after-girl-found-safe

They also mention at link:

There are no words…an obscene gesture? I'm thinking that his bravado is wearing thin now that he's sobered up.

 

[JLSChook]

https://twitter.com/FOX23SaraWhaley

Sara Whaley ‏@FOX23SaraWhaley 8h
SHARE the good news!!!! Police confirm the 8-year-old girl abducted tonight is alive and healthy! Person of interest in custody!

Alive and healthy.

 

[MamaJoJo]

Sara Whaley ‏@FOX23SaraWhaley 8h
SHARE the good news!!!! Police confirm the 8-year-old girl abducted tonight is alive and healthy! Person of interest in custody!

Alive and healthy.

I hope that's code for what I think it's code for. Someone was watching over that little girl last night, for sure.

 

[OkieGranny]

Oops, I stand corrected. It was a clerk at a Dollar General who alerted LE to the POI. He was in the store buying little girl's clothes and acting strangely.

 

[margarita25]

Yay

:loveyou:

 

[katydid23]

Buying little girls clothes? Was he planning on keeping her for awhile?

 

[IBsleuthin]

GOD HEARD OUR PRAYERS.

Law enforcement in this area need to have a gold statue in their honor.

This is amazing.

 

[IBsleuthin]

"After a short chase and struggle" Haaaahahahahaa Yeah that new mug shot looked like he got the puff knocked right out of his sorry @$$.

 

[IBsleuthin]

15 miles away. That's amazing. This whole thing is amazing.

 

[spamelope]

$50,000 bond? There should be a few zeroes after that. SMH Jail records show he is being held in lieu of $150,000 bond with a court appearance set for May 13, 2014. Still not enough.

 

[Flutterflies]

"After a short chase and struggle" Haaaahahahahaa Yeah that new mug shot looked like he got the puff knocked right out of his sorry @$$.

:floorlaugh:Love that mugshot! Guess the light was too bright for him. :floorlaugh:

 

[Flutterflies]

http://www.newson6.com/story/25427825/tulsa-police-cancel-amber-alert-after-girl-found-safe

updated at 3:54 pm
Editor's Note: Previous versions of this story identified the girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert. We have since removed the child’s name and photograph due to the nature of the complaints against the man accused of kidnapping her.


bbm Does this mean sexual assault?

 

[MamaJoJo]

updated at 3:54 pm
Editor's Note: Previous versions of this story identified the girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert. We have since removed the child’s name and photograph due to the nature of the complaints against the man accused of kidnapping her.


bbm Does this mean sexual assault?

According to this article, he was charged as follows…

http://www.newson6.com/story/25427825/tulsa-police-cancel-amber-alert-after-girl-found-safe

Slatton was booked into the Tulsa County jail on complaint of kidnapping, lewd molestation of a minor and injury to a minor child. Jail records show he is being held in lieu of $1.5 million bond with a court appearance set for May 13, 2014.

ETA: Is a charge the same as a complaint? TIA And, note that the bond has been raised (at least according to this article) to a whopping $1.5 million.

 

[LadyL]

I'm SO happy to read that this little girl was saved! Thank you to the tipsters and witnesses and LE for jumping into action swiftly!

 

[margarita25]

thanks lava for the screenshot!

Michael D Statton:

http://docapp065p.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=394&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&doc_num=531114&offender_book_id=315399

Slatton, correction. Typo, late night

 

[margarita25]

I've seen vehicles listed on other RSOs sites in the past...

:waitasec:

qmfr:

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10476399#post10476399

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10479187&postcount=19

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.newson6.com/story/25447223/oklahoma-requires-aggravated-sex-offenders-to-have-it-printed-on-license

Many people were surprised Sunday's kidnapping suspect was caught in part because a store clerk saw the words sex offender stamped on Michael Slatton's driver's license.

The clerk says those words caught his attention because Slatton was acting strange and buying coloring books and crayons...

That information was key to Slatton's arrest and recovering the eight-year-old girl who'd been kidnapped. "That was a huge help," said Sergeant John Adams of the Tulsa Police Department. "That was our first bit of information."

http://www.sapulpaheraldonline.com/articles/2014/05/08/news/doc536915f11b709923302985.txt

Whataburger employee Shawn Scott said the driver of the vehicle asked several suspicious questions at the drive-through window, gave him a handful of change insufficient for a soft drink and then asked for a water...

Scott said he suspected the driver was intoxicated and called police with a vehicle and driver description, just as he would have with any other intoxicated driver passing through his window.

http://www.fox23.com/mostpopular/story/Deputy-exclusively-talks-to-FOX23-about-fight/EI8LkST9y0KlpDkAoB-zrQ.cspx

“I got one handcuff on and the fight started between the two of us. He was able to finally get the car in gear and take off and I was being drug for a little bit. (I) saw gas meter there that I was afraid was gonna hit me, so I climbed into the vehicle on top of Mr. Slatton and we continued our altercation, our fight right there inside the vehicle,” Teel said.

The two men were punching each other, as Slatton was driving through the parking lot, for about 100 feet, until Teel was thrown out and skidded on the ground in front of the Central Technology Center...

Less than an hour after the encounter in the parking lot officers found and arrested Slatton, a little more than a mile from that Whataburger, in the Ford Hill addition. And even though he was bleeding, Teel went up there.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/stranger-abduction-tulsa-girl-was-among-few-who-survive-them/article_de7cf4f6-82f5-5cae-bf37-b845e9953c30.html

"Nationwide, only 1 percent of those involved in a stranger abduction live more than three hours," Oklahoma Amber Alert Coordinator Gene Thaxton said. "A lot of things worked to the good last night, but I think it was the cooperation of law enforcement and the public help that led us to a good conclusion."

 

[MamaJoJo]

OMG! Reading the details of what went on that night is astonishing and the courage and determination demonstrated by the officer is awe-inspiring. Kudos to the Dollar General clerk for reporting the suspicious behavior and the Whataburger employee for his role, too. They should all get a medal!

I wonder if Slatton's behavior was strange enough on its own to warrant reporting or if the impetus to report came when the clerk saw the SO stamp?