District Attorney Jerry S. Moore announced Thursday that during the Child Support Docket in Sequoyah County District Court seven failed to appear in court.

The docket was held Wednesday.

Moore said bench warrants were issued for those who failed to appear as summoned. The seven non-custodial parents for whom warrants were issued are:

—Charles Ledbetter, who owes $7,038.24

—Angela Duty, who owes $2,740

—James Knight, who owes $2,249

—Shane Hayes, who owes $15,544.82

—Thomas Lester, who owes $4,166.23

—Melissa Burns, who owes $7,201

—Joseph Dye, who owes $13,540.49

Anyone with information about where these or other wanted persons can be found should call any local law enforcement officer for immediate apprehension.

Other parents who are obligated to pay child support paid a total of $2,768 in open court during the Child Support Docket.

Moore said the Oklahoma legislature and Congress recently enacted laws to allow Child Support Enforcement Offices to collect child support owed from non-custodial parents who receive payments from Social Security, Worker’s Compensation Court and regular employment paychecks. Employers can be fined $200 a day for not mailing child support payments, which have been withheld from an employee’s paycheck.

For information on child support, contact Child Support Enforcement at 1-800-522-2922, or visit www.okdhs.org.

The District Attorney’s Child Support Enforcement Division is open the first Wednesday of every month at the Oklahoma Department of Human Services in Stilwell between 1 and 3 p.m. or at the Sallisaw office at 1611 S. Kerr Blvd. on any workday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Anyone owing child support is encouraged to call 1-800-522-2922 or contact the local offices in Sallisaw to make payment arrangements. Child support payments should be mailed to OCSE, P.O. BOX 268849, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73126-8849.

Assistant District Attorney John Sawney is the managing attorney for the Sallisaw child support office.