U.S. Attorney Jane W. Duke, a special prosecutor from eastern Arkansas, is leading a federal grand jury in Tulsa in its investigation of corruption at the Tulsa Police Department.

As a result, five Tulsa cops have been indicted including one of “Tulsa’s finest” who faces 58 counts of perjury, conspiracy to distribute drugs, witness tampering and various and sundry other crimes.

Tulsa Police Officers Jeff Henderson, 37, Bill Yelton, 49, Nick DeBruin, 37, Bruce Bonham 52, and retired Officer Harold R. Wells, 59, are thus indicted thus far.

U.S. Attorney Duke has indicated that the grand jury investigation, which has been going on for about two years, is carrying on its investigation and that more indictments may be possible.

On Tuesday afternoon, the five current and former cops appeared shackled in handcuffs at a hearing in Tulsa’s U.S. District Court. Four of the five pleaded not guilty and one did not enter a plea.

Jeff Henderson and Bill Yelton reportedly remain jailed, at least until Friday, and the other three were released on $50,000 unsecured bond.

Henderson and Yelton were not allowed to post bail because the U.S. Attorney’s Office thought they were a threat to members of the community.

Reportedly, Yelton was named Tulsa Police’s Officer of the Year in 1993.

Thus far eleven people, who the feds say were falsely convicted on fabricated allegations on the part of some of the accused officers, have been released from prison and more may be released in the future.

And as a side note, Tulsa Police Officer Eric J. Hill, 32, who has received prosecutorial immunity in the grand jury probe into police corruption, was recently busted and jailed on a domestic assault and battery complaint.

It is alleged that Hill, who is reportedly 6 foot four and weighs over 250 pounds, assaulted his girlfriend by grabbing her head and hair and pulling her back into his car when she attempted to get out at a red light. It is further alleged that he then slammed her head into the dashboard two to three times and when they arrived at her apartment that he shoved her out of his car and onto the ground, injuring her knee.

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Five Tulsa police officers indicted in corruption probe

Five Tulsa Police Officers Indicted In Corruption Probe

Officer in police-corruption probe arrested on domestic violence complaint