Broken Arrow Resident Sentenced To 60 Months, $14,000 Restitution For Involuntary Manslaughter In Indian Country, Driving Under The Influence

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Addison Paige Clark, age 30, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Involuntary Manslaughter In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1112, 1151 and 1153; and Driving Under The Influence Of Alcohol Or Other Intoxicating Substance Resulting In Great Bodily Injury, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 13, 1151 and 1152. Clark was also ordered to pay $14,326.26 in restitution. The charges arose from an investigation by the Muskogee Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Information to which the defendant previously entered a guilty plea alleged that on or about June 21, 2019, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Indian Country, the defendant, an Indian, did unlawfully kill Joshua Ray Jackson in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony, that is operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and a controlled substance, contrary to Title 47, Oklahoma Statutes Annotated, Section 11-902, without due caution and circumspection and with a wanton and reckless disregard for human life, and knew and should have known that her conduct imperiled the lives of others.

The Information further alleged that on or about June 21, 2019, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Indian Country, the defendant, an Indian, did cause an accident in which E.J. suffered great bodily injury while driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and a controlled substance that made defendant incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle. 

Acting United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson said, “Driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol is a serious offense and poses a grave danger to the public. Any loss of life is tragic, but it is even more so when the situation could have been avoided by making proper choices. The defendant’s senseless decision to drive her vehicle under the influence of alcohol and cannabinoids resulted in a motorcyclist being killed and the motorcycle passenger being seriously injured. This office is committed to not only holding criminals responsible for their actions, but also supporting the survivors of their needless actions.”

The Honorable Ronald A. White, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Clay Compton and Assistant United States Attorney Dean Burris represented the United States. Clark was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal to await commitment to a United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve her non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.