Ardmore Resident Sentenced For Robbery In Indian Country

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Robert Carnell Knight, Jr., age 31, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to a term of 68 months in prison for Robbery in Indian Country.

The charges arose from investigations by the Ardmore Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On July 17, 2023, Robert Knight, Jr. pleaded guilty to Robbery in Indian Country.  At the plea hearing, Knight, Jr. admitted that on November 24, 2019, he and others broke into an occupied house in Ardmore with the intent to steal money and marijuana.  Brandishing firearms, the group attacked and threatened the victim before absconding with approximately $1,200 and one pound of marijuana.   The crime occurred in Indian Country, within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation Reservation and within 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 in Muskogee.  Robert Knight, Jr. will remain in custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorney Ryan Bondura represented the United States.