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Date: 02-17-2023
Case Style:
United States of America v. Tyler Cheyenne Ned
Case Number: 6:21-cr-00239
Judge: John F. Heil, III
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Muskogee
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with committing two armed robberies in Indian Country.
On or about May 17, 2021, the Tyler Cheyenne Ned, age 27, of Ardmore, walked up to three people smoking on the front porch of a home. The defendant produced a handgun and demanded that they empty their pockets. Two of the three then turned over items to the defendant. Not satisfied, the defendant asked if that was all they had, fired the gun into the ground, and said that he could or would take them out. The defendant fled after someone opened the front door.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma prosecuted the offenses because the defendant in this case is a member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe and the crimes occurred in Ardmore, Oklahoma, within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation Reservation, and within the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The case was the result of an investigation by the Ardmore Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Honorable John F. Heil, III, U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the sentencing hearing. Ned was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal to await commitment to a United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve his non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.
Assistant United States Attorney Kevin Gross represented the United States.
18:2111, 1151, & 1153 - Robbery in Indian Country
(1-2)
18:2111, 1151, & 1153 - Attempted Robbery in Indian Country
(3)
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i), (ii) & (iii) - Use, Carry, Brandish and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence
(4)
18:113(a)(3), 1151, & 1153 - Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country
(5)
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i) & (ii) - Use, Carry and Brandish a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence
(6)
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 140 months in prison.
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