FALLIN NAMES DISTRICT JUDGE

Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed Edmond attorney Bernard Jones to a vacant district judge’s seat in Oklahoma County. Fallin announced the appointment on Monday. Jones will replace former District Judge Tammy BassLeSure, who resigned before pleading guilty in March to two counts of fraud. Prosecutors alleged she claimed foster payments and adoption assistance for children who didn’t live with her. BassLeSure received a threeyear deferred sentence. The 33-year-old Jones previously served as associate dean for admissions and external affairs at the Oklahoma City University School of Law. Before joining OCU, he was an associate at the Oklahoma City law firm of McAfee & Taft, where he focused on labor and employment issues. He also served as an associate at Porter Wright Morris and Arthur, a law firm in Ohio.

MOTHER GETS 60 DAYS IN JAIL

A Craig County woman will serve 60 days in county jail as part of a deferred judgment after her 2-yearold son wandered into a street before being hit and killed by a sport utility vehicle near his home. Tracy Dean Frazier, 26, of Vinita, pleaded no contest in the case on May 14 and received a 10-year de- ferred sentence Monday, a prosecutor said. Frazier had been warned about keeping her son, Jessie, out of the street before the wreck that killed him, according to court records. She will serve 60 days in jail, attend psychiatric counseling and complete 250 hours of community service.