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FOX23 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS RIGHT

NOW.

WE BEGIN THIS MONDAY AT FIVE

4:00 HONORING THOSE WHO FOUGHT

AND DIED WHILE DEFENDING

AMERICA'S FREEDOM.

I'M JONATHAN McCALL.

ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOLKS

ARE TAKING TIME TO REFLECT ON

THIS MEMORIAL DAY. HERE AT HOME

THOUSANDS HAVE PACKED FLORAL

HAVEN ALL WEEKEND LONG FOR

EVENTS.

PRESTON JONES SPENT THE DAY

TALKING TO FAMILIES AND

VETERANS ABOUT WHAT THE STATE

MEANS TO THEM.

Reporter: FIELDS OF FLAGS. A

VETERAN HONORABLE AND

FLORESCENT FLOWERS ON EVERY

GRAVE.

IT IS UNDESCRIBABLE INWARDS.

ANGIE JONES IS A VETERAN BUT

FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS HE HAS

COME TO FLORAL HAVEN ON

MEMORIAL DAY TO HONOR HIS

FATHER WHO FOUGHT IN THE

MILITARY AND HIS MOM.

IT'S ABOUT REMEMBERING THE

MEN AND WOMEN TO SERVE IN THE

MILITARY SO WE WOULD HAVE THE

FREEDOM WE DO.

I AM A VETERAN.

IT IS ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN.

3665 AMERICAN FLAGS FLY THE

RED WHITE AND BLUE AT FLORAL

HAVEN AVENUE OF FLAGS.

EACH ONE LAID ACROSS THE CASKET

OF A FOLLOWER AND -- FALLEN

VETERAN.

VOLUNTEERS HAVE DONE A GREAT

JOB.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

PISTOLE MILLER VISITS FLORAL

HAVEN SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK

MY SON WAS KILLED IN 2014.

THE FATHER IS ALSO BURIED IN

THE CEMETERY.

SHE SAYS COMING TO THE CEMETERY

IS TRADITION.

WE ARE HERE TO HONOR

EVERYONE THAT HAS LOST THEIR

LIVES.

WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT LIVES.

FLORAL HAVEN READ AND HONOR

ROLL THIS WEEKEND.

MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL

REENACTED THE CHANGING OF THE

ARTS 24 HOURS A DAY AT THE

REPLICA OF THE TOMB OF THE

UNKNOWN SOLDIER.

ALL PART OF A TRIBUTE TO THOSE

WHO HAVE FALLEN, THOSE WHO HAVE

SERVED AND THOSE STILL SERVING.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE IF

IT WASN'T FOR THEM.

For more infomation >> VIDEO: Green Country honors the fallen on Memorial Day - Duration: 2:00.

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VIDEO: Bald eagle statue theft caught on video - Duration: 2:35.

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FOX23 NEWS.

TONIGHT ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY

A NAVY VETERAN SAYS HE CANNOT

BELIEVE THAT TO THIEVES STOLE A

PATRIOTIC SYMBOL FROM HIS FRONT

YARD.

KELLY BERRY SAYS TWO MEN DROVE

ONTO HIS PROPERTY AND STOLE A

BALD EAGLE STRIKE -- STATUE.

IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES WE HAVE

LEARNED THE STATUE HAS BEEN

FOUND.

FOX 23 ASHLEY LINCOLN WITH THE

ARREST THAT HAS JUST BEEN MADE

. Reporter: AROUND FOR DECK

45 THIS AFTERNOON I FOUND OUT

CATOOSA POLICE DID MAKE AN

ARREST IN THIS CASE.

IT WAS BY THE HELP OF SOCIAL

MEDIA.

POLICE WERE ACTING QUICKLY.

EVERYTHING WENT DOWN IN THIS

DRIVEWAY. FROM THIS VIDEO I AM

LOOKING AT LITTLE DID THE

THIEVES KNOW EVERY MOVE THEY

WERE MAKING WAS BEING RECORDED

BY THIS CAMERA.

I WANT MY EAGLE BACK.

TRAN KELLY BERRY SAYS STEALING

A BALD EAGLE STATUE ON MEMORIAL

DAY WEEKEND IS PAID --

UNPATRIOTIC.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY WOULD

STEAL A BALD EAGLE.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 9:30

SUNDAY MORNING WHILE HIS

DAUGHTER WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE.

I FEEL VIOLATED.

I WANTED TO LOCK EVERYTHING.

THEY HAVE BEEN TARGETED

BEFORE BY THIEVES HE HAS NOW

INSTALLED SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS

ON HIS PROPERTY.

THE FRONT CAMERA SPOTTED THIS

WHITE CAMRY AS IT DROVE BY HIS

HOUSE ONCE.

THEN TURNING AROUND AND DROVE

INTO HIS DRIVEWAY.

I AM DISGUSTED.

SECONDS LATER THE DRIVER

BACKS UP AND GETS OUT AND IS

JOINED BY A PASSENGER.

THE TWO WERE SEEN IN THE VIDEO

PULLING THE STATUE OFF THE

FOUNDATION IN A MATTER OF

SECONDS.

WITH 6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A CHANCE

THAT ANYONE AROUND HERE WOULD

NOT KNOW WHO THESE GUYS ARE.

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT NOW

IS NOBLE THE BALD EAGLE WOODEN

STATUE.

THE HOMEOWNER TELLS ME THAT

CATOOSA POLICE DROP THIS BACK

OFF TO HIM AROUND FOR DECK 45

THIS AFTERNOON.

I CAN TELL YOU CATOOSA POLICE

SAY THEY WERE TIPPED OFF BY AN

ANONYMOUS TIP THAT THIS EAGLE

WAS AT EIGHT BROKEN ARROW

APARTMENT COMPLEX. I FOUND OUT

ONE GUY HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND

THEY PLACED A WARRANT FOR THE

OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO TOOK OFF

WITH NOBLE ON SUNDAY.

For more infomation >> VIDEO: Bald eagle statue theft caught on video - Duration: 2:35.

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VIDEO: Suspects reportedly break into two different Tulsa area gun stores - Duration: 1:55.

WAGNER COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE

STEPPING UP THEIR CONTROL ON

THE LAKES.

WE HAVE NEW DETAILS ON A

SEARCH -- A SUSPECT FOR

BREAKING INTO TWO GUN

BUSINESSES.

FOX 23 JJ BURTON LEARN FROM

INVESTIGATORS WHY THE THIEVES

LEFT AWAY WITH NOTHING.

Reporter: THE SUSPECTS DROVE

THEIR CAR THROUGH THIS FRONT

DOOR THAT WAS HERE.

THE BARS STOP THEM.

2 MILES AWAY THESE BROKE IN

THROUGH THE STORE, WENT INSIDE

BUT THE GUNS WERE LOCKED UP.

FOX 23 WAS AT BOTH SCENES.

AS A POLICE ARE NOT CONNECTING

THE TWO BREAK INNS AT THIS TIME

BUT THEY SAY BOTH BREAK-INS ARE

SIMILAR.

PIECES OF THE VEHICLE USED IN

BOTH WERE LEFT BEHIND.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PIECES.

IT WAS LEFT AT TULSA FIRE ARMS.

IT LOOKS LIKE PART OF THE BACK

BUMPER.

IT IS READ LIKE ONE OF THE

PIECES LEFT BEHIND AT ACTION

ARMS.

THAT IS TERRIBLE.

HE'S BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS

AND HIS BUSINESS HAS ONLY BEEN

ROBBED ONCE.

HE WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT WHAT

HAPPENED HERE IT'S NOT SAFE

AT ALL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH

PEOPLE.

THEY KEEP TRYING TO GET IN AND

STEAL GUNS.

OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. THE MANAGER

AT TULSA FIRE ARMS TOLD ME THEY

ARE WORKING TO GET THEIR VIDEO

TO POLICE AS WELL.

INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT RELEASING

TOO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE

TWO BREAK-INS BECAUSE THEY

DON'T WANT TO MESS UP THE

INVESTIGATION WHICH THE OWNERS

OF BOTH BUSINESSES ARE PRAYING

For more infomation >> VIDEO: Suspects reportedly break into two different Tulsa area gun stores - Duration: 1:55.

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Cruz de Navajas - Las Personas son Bestias (video) - Duration: 4:00.

For more infomation >> Cruz de Navajas - Las Personas son Bestias (video) - Duration: 4:00.

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VIDEO: Retail development to continue in Sand Springs - Duration: 1:53.

TODAY MANY PROJECTS ARE IN THE

WORKS IN SIN SPRINGS.

RON TERRELL HAS AN UPDATE ON A

PROJECT HE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING

FROM THE START

Reporter: FOX 23 WAS THERE

IN AUGUST 2014 FOR THE

GROUNDBREAKING AT THEIR RIVER

WEST IN SAND SPRINGS.

YOU CAN NOW SEE SIGNS OF

PROGRESS.

I SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR AND HE

SAID IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF

TIME.

OUR THOUGHT WAS ONCE WE

STARTED THINGS DON'T IT WILL

CREATE INTEREST AND WILL BRING

PEOPLE IN.

CITY LEADERS SAY THEY ARE

EXCITED ABOUT THE PACE OF THE

PROJECT. THERE ARE STILL SOME

LOTS AVAILABLE THAT THOSE ARE

GOING AND ARE SEVERAL

PROPERTIES THAT ARE OPEN WHICH

MOVED FROM ITS LOCATION NORTH

OF HERE.

SOON TO OPEN IS AN ALDIE

GROCERY STORE.

THE POLICE CHEIF HELPS THE CITY

WITH DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.

WE THINK WE WILL BE DONE IN

ONE YEAR.

ONCE THE RIVER WEST IS

COMPLETED IT IS ON TO THE

CITY'S NEXT BIG PROJECT EXPECT

25 ACRE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT OVER

AT THE OLD STEEL LAND IN SAND

SPRINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE

LAND SCAPE.

RAILROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY

PURCHASED THE STEEL PLANT LAST

SUMMER FOR THE PURPOSE OF

RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

THE CITY IS ON BOARD TO HELP

THEM OUT.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS

FINISH UP. THEN WE CAN JUMP OVER

AND HELP WITH THE PLANS.

HE ALSO FOUND OUT WHEN WE

CAN EXPECT TO HEAR

ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE COMING

For more infomation >> VIDEO: Retail development to continue in Sand Springs - Duration: 1:53.

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VIDEO: Man reportedly sends woman, daughter to hospital after drinking and playing disc golf at Tuls - Duration: 1:48.

TO GET THEM INTO HIS CAR WHERE

HE THEN ATTACKED THEM. THE

DEFENSE IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT

ITS CASE.

THE TRIP TO THE PARK ENDS

WITH A TULSA MOM AND HER

DAUGHTER HIT BY A MAN.

WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE CRASH IN

CHANDLER PARK LAST NIGHT. NEW

TODAY AT FIVE FOX 23 NINA

CARTER IS LIVE WITH THE

CONDITIONS OF THE MOM AND

DAUGHTER AND WHAT THAT DRIVER

TOLD TROOPERS HE WAS DOING

BEFORE IT HAPPENED.

Reporter: THAT DRIVER TOLD

TROOPERS HE HAD BEEN DRINKING

AND PLAYING DISC GOLF AT

CHANDLER PARK FOR THREE HOURS

BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

TIRE MARKS CAN BE SEEN WHERE

TROOPERS SAY A DRIVER SWERVED

OVER THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK

A FAMILY STANDING OFF TO THE

SIDE.

IT WAS TERRIBLE.

FOX 23 GOT THIS VIDEO OF THE

SCENE IN FRONT OF CHANDLER

PARK.

TROOPERS SAY 22-YEAR-OLD WAS

LEAVING THE PARK AFTER SEVERAL

HOURS OF DRINKING THERE.

IT IS UNNERVING.

WE COME OUT TO HAVE FUN.

I KNOW THERE'S NOT MUCH

SEGREGATION BETWEEN WHERE THE

KIDS PLAY AND WHERE THE GROWN-

UPS PLAY AND WHERE DRINKING CAN

GET OUT OF CONTROL.

TROOPERS SAY 29-YEAR-OLD MAN

AND HER NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

WERE TAKING A PICTURE IN FRONT

OF THE PARK'S SIGN WHEN THEY

WERE HIT AND PAINT BETWEEN HIS

TRUCK AND A PARKED CAR.

HE WAS GOING TOO FAST AND LOSS

CONTROL GOING AROUND THE STEEP

CURVE.

WE HAD ISSUES WERE IT IS

HARD TO BREAK BECAUSE IT IS A

STEEP HELP.

TROOPERS SAY THE MOTHER WAS

TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE

CONDITION BUT THE DAUGHTER WAS

SEVERELY INJURED AND IS STILL

IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

HE IS NOW BOOKED INTO THE TULSA

COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BOND. HE IS