Tulsa man gets 15 years for abusing teen relative in Cushing

STILLWATER — A 65-year-old Tulsa man has been given a 15-year prison term followed by probation for 10 years for repeatedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old relative when he lived in Cushing in 2023, court records show.

Payne County Associate District Judge Michael Kulling ruled last week that Thomas Wayne Spencer was competent when he entered a guilty plea on July 9 and competent when he was sentenc…