Ada Resident Pleads Guilty To Felony Assault

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tobias Ovonuel Goodbear, age 28, of Ada, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Assault of Intimate Partner and Dating Partner by Strangling in Indian Country, punishable by up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that on July 29, 2024, Goodbear assaulted a dating or intimate partner by strangling.

The crime occurred in Pontotoc County, within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Ada Police Department.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, 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.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Goodbear will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Gross represented the United States.