Former reserve Deputy Robert Bates decided against a trip to the Bahamas and instead spent a couple of days at his Florida home after a storm of public scorn engulfed him, his attorney said Tuesday.

Jurors were handed perhaps the most high-profile case in Tulsa County this year to decide the fate of former Reserve Deputy Robert Bates on Wednesday afternoon following almost two hours of closing ...

Handing non-cops badges is generally a bad idea. Handing this guy one is awful. Remember Robert Bates? Sure you do. He was the old, white Oklahoma man who wanted desperately to be a cop, so he donated ...