Catoosa Resident Pleads Guilty To Violent Assault Charges

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that James Tyler Garbey, age 36, of Catoosa, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Indictment charging him with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to a Spouse or Intimate Partner in Indian Country.

The Indictment alleged that on July 19, 2023, Garbey assaulted the victim with a knife, causing substantial bodily injury.  The crimes occurred in Wagoner County, within the boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office.

The Honorable D. Edward Snow, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.  Garbey was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Michael E. Robinson represented the United States.