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An assistant solicitor general for the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office faces a three-count federal indictment after her arrest following a hit-and-run collision in Broken Arrow.
An indictment made public Thursday charges Courtney Rae Jordan, 36, with one count of eluding police officers in Indian Country, one count of failure to stop at an accident resulting in injury in Indian Country and misdemeanor theft in Indian Country.
Broken Arrow police arrested Jordan on July 12 after they were called to a hit-and-run collision in the 400 block of North Pecan Avenue.
The license plate associated with the vehicle that left the scene was associated with two burglary attempts that occurred about 30 minutes before the collision, according to a Broken Arrow Police Department Facebook post.
Police located the vehicle after the hit-and-run, but it then hit a pedestrian and drove off again when officers tried to stop it, according to the post.
The vehicle drove through the parking lots of various businesses near Aspen Avenue and Kenosha Street before stopping, police said. The driver then ignored police commands again and rammed a patrol car, causing the patrol car to hit an officer standing near it, before driving off again and leading officers on a pursuit, according to police.
The vehicle traveled to Elm Place and Washington Street, where it hit more vehicles and a privacy fence before Jordan was taken into custody, according to police.
Prior to her arrest, Jordan had been employed in the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office for three months as an assistant solicitor general and tribal liaison. A spokeswoman for the office said Jordan is on administrative leave.
The University of Tulsa, where Jordan also worked as an adjunct professor in the master’s of jurisprudence in Indian law program, also placed her on administrative leave following her arrest, a spokeswoman said.
While Broken Arrow police did not elaborate on the attempted burglaries, count three in the indictment charges Jordan with taking a “vehicle component” valued at less than $1,000 from someone identified only by initials.
The charges were brought in federal court because Jordan is a member of the Cherokee Nation and the incidents all took place in Indian Country.
Jordan, who is not in custody, has not made an initial court appearance, according to court records.
Gov. J. Howard Edmondson speaks during the groundbreaking for the Broken Arrow Expressway on July 29, 1960. Beryl Ford Collection/Tulsa Historical Society & Museum
Yale Cleaners (far right), 3105 S. Yale Ave., was located near the intersection of 31st Street and Yale Avenue in 1953. The photo is looking north on Yale. Beryl Ford Collection/Tulsa Historical Society & Museum
First District Highway Commissioner Harold Stuart (left) and Gov. J. Howard Edmondson break ground on the Broken Arrow Expressway with a Caterpillar earthmover on July 29, 1960. The ceremony was held near 31st Street and Yale Avenue, considered Tulsa's worst intersection at the time. Tulsa World file
Cars drive through the intersection immediately following the dedication of the 31st Street and Yale Avenue overpass of the Broken Arrow Expressway in 1961. Although workers and vehicles are shown on the bridge, motorists had to wait until 1965 to drive on the expressway. Beryl Ford Collection/Tulsa Historical Society & Museum
Motorists drive along Yale Avenue near 31st Street as construction progresses on the Broken Arrow Expressway in 1960. The view is looking north on Yale. The intersection had been called a bottleneck and a deathtrap because it was the only place motorists could cross underneath the railroad tracks between Harvard Avenue and Sheridan Road. Tulsa World file
Cars and a city bus drive through water on Yale Avenue at 31st Street as construction was underway on the Broken Arrow Expressway in 1960. On the other side of the bridge, on the left in the background, is Service Lumber at 2910 S. Yale Ave. World file
Local media cover the groundbreaking of the Broken Arrow Expressway, July 29, 1960. The ceremony was held near 31st Street, a quarter mile east of Yale Avenue. Tulsa World file
Harold Stuart (at the podium), the first district highway commissioner, was the principal speaker at the dedication of the 31st Street and Yale Avenue interchange of the Broken Arrow Expressway in September 1961. Seated to the left of the podium is Tulsa Mayor James Maxwell. Beryl Ford Collection/Tulsa Historical Society & Museum
Fifteenth Street is shown, looking east in the late 1950s. The Frisco & MK&T (Missouri, Kansas, & Texas) railroad bridge has since been replaced by the Broken Arrow Expressway. Beryl Ford Collection/Tulsa Historical Society & Museum
Original cutline: Underpass Work for Broken Arrow Expressway — Workers are pouring concrete for the bridge abutment on the east side of Utica (published Aug. 11, 1974). Tulsa World file
Workers place plastic adhesive on the Broken Arrow Expressway near the westbound Harvard Avenue exit using a high pressure roller in April 1965. The plastic was to warn motorists of the railroad spur that crossed the expressway just beyond the stoplight. Harvard Terrace apartments are at right. World file
Original caption: Tulsa area residents received the first half of their Christmas present from the state Highway Department Monday (Dec. 18, 1967) when the eastbound lanes of the Broken Arrow Expressway's final section were opened. This photo was taken about 5 p.m. as the first rush hour traffic headed for Broken Arrow came across the Lewis Avenue overpass from the 14th Street entrance ramps. Tulsa World file
A transplanting machine known as a “tree digger” works to move a tree near Newport Avenue between 12th and 13th streets during the Broken Arrow Expressway extension construction in 1975. The “digger” was used to remove trees so they could be transplanted elsewhere. World file
Original caption: This bridge work between 13th and 14th streets is part of construction to complete the Broken Arrow Expressway in Tulsa. The St. Louis Avenue structure is one of three bridges in the Broken Arrow extension project from east of Xanthus Place to Peoria Avenue. As shown here, the reinforcing steel is in for the bridge. Extending across the upper part of the photo is the finishing machine for the concrete deck work. The expressway will tie into the southeast interchange of the downtown Inner Dispersal Loop (published April 29, 1975). World file
The St. Louis Avenue bridge, under construction in April 1975, was one of three bridges between Xanthus Place and Peoria Avenue that were built as part of the Broken Arrow extension project. The goal of the project was to tie the expressway into the Inner Dispersal Loop. Arlington Arms apartments on 14th Street is visible in the upper left of the photo. World file
Excavation work was going ahead near 12th Street and Denver Avenue in June 1977 on part of the grading and drainage for the southeast interchange and for the south leg of the Inner Dispersal Loop. The work in this area and around the other overpasses on the south leg of the loop involved tunneling under the bridge. World file
The West 12th Street overpass is shown above Oklahoma 51 (Broken Arrow Expressway, also known as the south leg of the Inner Dispersal Loop), in June 1977. Fire station No. 4 (center) was under construction during the same time period. The Arkansas River can be seen in the background. World file
Mrs. Christine Smith fought a losing six-year battle with the Oklahoma Highway Department to save her home located 1616 S. Cincinnati Ave. The demolition of the home in May 1977 cleared the way for construction on the southeast interchange of Tulsa’s Inner Dispersal Loop that connected with the Broken Arrow Expressway. World file
The last leg of the westbound lanes of the Broken Arrow Expressway is shown before it opened at 4 p.m. Nov. 5, 1981. Exits for the westbound lanes were at Denver, Cheyenne and Houston avenues. Incoming traffic was also able to connect with Interstate 244, U.S. 75 and U.S. 64 to Sand Springs. World file
Looking north along the east side of the Inner Dispersal Loop, the viewer sees the southeast interchange in the foreground, the southbound entrance from Eighth Street and the northbound Seventh Street exit (bridge over east leg), the distant bridges across Fourth, Third and Second streets, the Crosstown Expressway (I-244), intersects, and, in the distance, U.S. 75 heading north toward Bartlesville (published June 3, 1981, in The Tulsa Tribune). World archives
Complex traffic patterns of the Inner Dispersal Loop's southeast interchange connecting with the Broken Arrow Expressway are shown (published in The Tulsa Tribune June 3, 1981). World archives
Original cutline: No date has been given, but soon, Tulsa traffic engineers say, drivers will be allowed to use this “almost ready” exit ramp from the Broken Arrow Expressway extension to Seventh Street near Frankfort Avenue (published Sept. 11, 1981). Tulsa World file
A train chugs alongside the Broken Arrow Expressway. A portion of the expressway was built with east- and westbound lanes on either side of the railroad tracks. Tulsa World file
One northbound lane is closed under the Broken Arrow Expressway at 31st Street and Yale Avenue. Lane closures on the highway will mostly be at night and on the weekends in order to avoid major congestion for commuters during the week. A $2 million project to rehabilitate three bridges is underway. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World
Work is underway on 31st Street, under the Broken Arrow Expressway at Yale Avenue, for a nearly $2 million project to rehabilitate three bridges. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World
Traffic heads west on 31st Street underneath the Broken Arrow Expressway. A nearly $2 million project to rehabilitate three bridges at the junction will result in lane closures on both the highway and Yale Avenue and 31st Street . CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World
An aerial photo of the Broken Arrow expressway is shown in 2007. Tulsa World file
The Broken Arrow Expressway looking west near Harvard in 2007. World file
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