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May 9, 2019

TULSA – Attorney General Mike Hunter today filed first-degree murder charges on a Tulsa man after an investigation by the Tulsa Police Department.

Brandon Fryhover, 31, allegedly supplied Taylor Kinyon, 26, with a lethal amount of methamphetamine that resulted in his death moments after he injected it. The medical examiner ruled Kinyon’s death was the result of methamphetamine toxicity.

Attorney General Hunter said his office is committed to holding drug suppliers accountable.

May 7, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement, praising President Donald Trump after granting a full pardon for former U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna.

The president’s pardon comes weeks after the attorney general renewed his 2018 call for Behenna’s pardon by sending letters to President Trump and Attorney General William Barr, where Attorney General Hunter argued the U.S. Department of Justice regulations interfered with the president’s pardon powers.

May 3, 2019

Calls charge high connection, international fees

TULSA – Attorney General Mike Hunter today issued a consumer alert after a rash of scam phone calls from Sierra Leone have bludgeoned Oklahomans with Tulsa area codes.

Local authorities believe the calls are part of a scam known as a wangiri scam, or one ring phone scam, where an individual’s phone will only ring once in an attempt to get the individual to call the number back, resulting in charges for high international rates or connection fees.

May 2, 2019

AG’s Consumer Unit provides tips on how to avoid fraud during recovery

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced the state’s price gouging statute is in effect for the 52 counties named in the

April 28, 2019

by BEN FELDER

Published: Sun, April 28, 2019 

Fifty-seven percent of Americans believe pharmaceutical companies should be held responsible for making the opioid crisis worse, according to a new poll by NPR and Ipsos.

The poll also found a third of Americans have been touched directly by the opioid epidemic.

April 25, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Hunter is encouraging Oklahomans to participate in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 27.

April 23, 2019

Editor's note: Summaries of the state's filings with be available here tomorrow.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed expert witness testimony in Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s (OG&E) most recent rate case where he is asking regulators for a $32 million rate reduction for customers.

April 16, 2019

Letters to Pres. Trump, AG Barr, argue that current DOJ regulations interfere with president’s pardon powers

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has renewed his call for a presidential pardon for former U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna in recent letters sent to President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr.

April 11, 2019

NORMAN – Attorney General Mike Hunter released the following statement after today’s hearing in the state’s case against opioid manufacturers, where Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman ruled the state’s public nuisance claim will be tried before him, rather than a jury.

Johnson & Johnson was the only defendant that argued on behalf of a jury trial. After hearing arguments from the company and the state, Judge Balkman said the defendant was not entitled to a jury trial.

April 8, 2019

If signed by governor, new law will help solve missing person, cold cases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today commended members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Senate for passing House Bill 2640, better known as Francine’s Law, sending it to the governor.

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