A Bartlesville man was back in court Wednesday for charges originally dropped in 2021.
42-year-old Michael Anthony Walker Sr. faces charges of murder in the first degree and arson in the first degree. The charges stem back to an incident in 2018. The charges were dropped in 2021 due to the McGirt ruling, but have since been refiled by the state.
Court documents state that Walker Sr. burned down a residence with a woman and two dogs inside, killing all three of them. That incident took place November 6th, 2018. Walker Sr. is currently serving a 10-year sentence on a separate arson charge that took place after the one in November.
Walker entered a guilty plea for attempting to burn down a residence on the 1300 block of Armstrong Avenue in Bartlesville in December 2018. Walker Sr.’s violent criminal history was taken into consideration before his bond was set at $1 million dollars. He is ordered to appear back in court on June 9th at 9 am.
