Latest: Family of slain man reacts to ex-sheriff’s pleas

TULSA, Okla. – The Latest on a former Oklahoma sheriff pleading to misdemeanour charges (all times local):

4:30 p.m.

Family members of an unarmed man killed by a reserve deputy in Oklahoma say they “take no pleasure” from a former sheriff’s no-contest plea for failing to release a memo that raised questions about the deputy’s qualifications.

Stanley Glanz, who was sheriff in Tulsa County, entered his plea Friday to a charge of refusal to perform official duty. He also pleaded guilty to wilful violation of the law for an unrelated incident over a vehicle stipend.

His pleas to the misdemeanours each resulted in one-year jail sentences that the judge suspended.

The judge ordered Glanz to pay $7,500 in restitution regarding the stipend.

Reserve deputy Robert Bates shot and killed Eric Harris during an April 2015 sting operation. Bates was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison.

Harris’ family says Glanz’s conviction is “one more milestone on our road to justice and closure.”

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4 p.m.

A former Oklahoma sheriff will not serve jail time after pleading no contest to failing to release key information about the training of a reserve deputy who killed an unarmed man last year.

Stanley Glanz, who was sheriff in Tulsa County, entered his plea Friday to a charge of refusal to perform official duty. He was sentenced to a year of jail time, but the judge suspended it.

At the same hearing, he pleaded guilty to wilful violation of the law for an unrelated incident in which he received a $600 monthly vehicle stipend while having access to county-owned vehicles. That plea also resulted in a suspended one-year jail sentence.

The judge ordered Glanz to pay $7,500 in restitution regarding the stipend.

Both charges he pleaded to are misdemeanours.

Glanz was indicted last September following an investigation that began after his friend — reserve deputy Robert Bates — shot and killed Eric Harris during an April 2015 sting operation. A special grand jury said Glanz should have shared a 2009 memo that raised questions about Bates’ qualifications.

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2:40 p.m.

A former Oklahoma sheriff who was friends with a reserve deputy who killed an unarmed man last year has pleaded no contest to failing to release key information about how the officer was trained.

Stanley Glanz entered his plea to a charge of refusal to perform official duty on Friday. A special grand jury indicted Glanz last September, saying he should have shared a 2009 memo that raised questions about Robert Bates’ qualifications.

Glanz had said the memo was a private personnel record.

Bates donated cash, vehicles and equipment to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office. He fatally shot Eric Harris during an April 2015 sting operation. Bates has said he confused his stun gun with his handgun and was later convicted of second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison.

Glanz resigned after being indicted.