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Ada Resident Sentenced For Assaulting Tribal Officer

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Curtis Ray McClendon, III, age 41, of Ada, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for one count of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to Do Bodily Harm in Indian Country.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police Department, and the Ardmore Police Department.

On June 7, 2024, McClendon pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, on November 6, 2023, McClendon struck a Chickasaw Lighthorse officer multiple times on the head with a flashlight, causing lacerations.  The crime occurred in Pontotoc County, within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  McClendon will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Updated January 17, 2025

Topics
Indian Country Law and Justice
Violent Crime