SECOND INDICTMENT RETURNED AGAINST EX-PROSECUTOR

WAGONER - Former prosecutor Janet Bickel has been charged in a second
indictment with methamphetamine possession and evidence tampering.

The state's multicounty grand jury indicted her twice last week. The
second indictment was made public Tuesday.

"Bickel is accused of taking evidence from a crime scene," said
Attorney General Drew Edmondson. "Fearing she would be caught, she
then allegedly obtained more meth and tried to pass it off as the original."

Bickel, 49, of Muskogee is charged with perjury in the first
indictment, unsealed Monday. Grand jurors accuse Bickel of lying to
them about her drug buys.

She has denied involvement in drugs.

"She is absolutely not a drug user, and we are going to be able to
prove that," said her attorney, Donn Baker.

Baker suggested Tuesday she has been set up.

The grand jury is investigating allegations involving the office of
Richard Gray, the district attorney in Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah and
Wagoner counties. Bickel is one of his former assistants.

Grand jurors indicted Gray's office administrator, Vyrl Keeter, three
times last week. Keeter, 74, of Muskogee is charged with perjury and
attempted subordination of perjury.

Keeter is accused of coaching witnesses on how to deceive the grand
jury and of lying when confronted about his scheme.

Grand jurors allege Bickel bought meth for her personal use for years.

Grand jurors in the second indictment allege that Bickel, while still
a prosecutor, took a bag of meth during a Feb. 22, 2005, search.
Grand jurors allege she denied having it when authorities realized
the bag was missing.

Her attorney said Bickel later told Gray she found the meth inside a
glove in her purse. Her attorney said, "Everybody wants to assume
that she put it in there, but we don't know whether someone else put
it in there or she inadvertently put it in there."

Grand jurors allege the meth she then turned in was different from
that at the crime scene.