Felony criminal charges of grand larceny were filed in District Court in Okfuskee County on February 1 against Cortia Marie Ross from Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to the probable cause affidavit filed in this case, Okemah Police Officer Nathaniel Smith was dispatched to Ace Hardware located at 100 West Broadway in Okemah at approximately 11:00 a.m. on January 27 regarding three individuals who just came into the store and stole items from the store. Officer Smith arrived around five minutes later and met with a man only identified in the probable cause affidavit as Walter. Walter pulled up footage from the video cameras to share with Officer Smith.