NE Oklahoma attorney faces racketeering, solicitation charges
(AP) A Jay, Oklahoma attorney has been accused of racketeering, solicitation for murder and other charges by the state’s multi-county grand jury.
An indictment unsealed Monday accuses 54-year-old Winston Connor II of Grove of 10 charges involving his relationship with 36-year-old Slint Tate, a former client of Connor’s who is serving life in prison for first-degree murder.
Authorities previously wiretapped a phone that Tate smuggled into prison and allegedly used to communicate with Connor in May 2016. Shortly afterward, prosecutors filed charges against suspects in a multi-state drug ring operated from prison that allegedly netted sales of up to $1 million a week.
Connor was arrested on Saturday in North Carolina. Connor’s attorney Paul DeMuro, told the Tulsa World that Connor is innocent and that they will “fight this tooth and nail.”