Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for two men facing first degree murder charges in the death of a Midwest City man last September.
First degree murder charges against Steven Roberts, 55, and Virgil Earl Nelson, 67 were filed Dec. 21, 2021.
They are accused of killing Daniel Aaron, 33, who reportedly was shot to death as he drove his motorcycle on U.S. 62 in Lincoln County near Harrah last Sept. 12.
Special Judge Emily Mueller has scheduled their preliminary hearings for 1:30 p.m. on July 21.
An agreement between the Cleveland County District Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General has been filed for both Nelson and Roberts, court records show.
Larry Wayne Ramirez, 51, and Conner Buntz, 33, are each charged with accessory after the fact to first degree murder.
Their charges were dismissed in Lincoln County Jan. 4 and refiled the same day in Cleveland County and they were transported there.
The four are reportedly members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
The State Attorney General’s Office is in charge of the cases.
Roberts is accused of on Sept. 12, 2021 in Lincoln County in concert with Nelson of committing first degree murder with malice and aforethought causing Aaron’s death by shooting him in the back of his body.
Nelson is accused of acting in concert with Roberts to commit first degree murder by shooting Aaron in the back of his body.
An alternate count against Nelson is on or between Sep. 12, 2021 and Dec. 16, 2021 in concert with Ramirez of committing the crime of accessory after the fact to first degree murder by knowingly that after the commission of first degree murder aided Roberts with efforts to conceal the crime by concealing the motorcycle Roberts used in the commission of Aaron’s death with knowledge Roberts had committed first degree murder in Lincoln County.