In January the board denied parole for William Horne, 42, who was sentenced in 2002 to 20 years in prison, with 12 years suspended, for an assault with a dangerous weapon charge after former conviction of a felony. According to records in Sequoyah County, Horne allegedly fired his handgun during an argument with several people, whom he accused of damaging his property and throwing away his child's soccer ball. No one was hurt in the 2001 incident, but the victims reported that they thought Horne was firing at them.
In December the board denied parole for two men, Jeffrey McGee, 31, and Timothy Strickland, 36. McGee is serving a 25-year concurrent sentence for the 1993 burglary of a Sallisaw business and uttering a forged instrument. McGee's former felony convictions include burglary and arson.
Strickland has been serving a five-year prison sentence since 2003 for multiple counts of second-degree burglary. According to court records, Strickland confessed to burglarizing four homes in Muldrow.
In November the board denied parole for Richard Osburn and Patrick Sokolosky. Osburn, 25, was sentenced in 1998 to a 10-year prison term for first-degree rape. According to court records, Osburn, who was 16 at the time, was convicted of raping a 14-year-old boy on more than one occasion while the teens were in a group home in Sallisaw. During the rapes, the victim reported that Osburn threatened to kill him. Osburn has previous felonies, including burglary and vehicle theft, and has an extensive juvenile crime history.
Sokolosky, 48, is serving a 20-year prison term for unlawful possession of a controlled drug. He was arrested in Sallisaw after police officers found a 10-gram bag of methamphetamine, syringes, rolling papers, and a bowl with methamphetamine residue in his vehicle. Sokolosky has multiple previous felony convictions in Oklahoma and Muskogee Counties, from larceny to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
