Broken Arrow Resident Sentenced For Failure To Register As Sex Offender

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dale Lynn Taylor, age 60, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to a term of 30 months in prison, followed by 10 years of Supervised Release, for one count of Failure to Register as Sex Offender.

The charge arose from an investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force.

On March 19, 2025, Taylor pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, Taylor was convicted of Rape-Second Degree in the State of Oklahoma on May 28, 2014, and was required to register as a sex offender, and that from April 2, 2019, until July 8, 2024, Taylor failed to register and update his registration despite entering, leaving, or residing in Indian country, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable John F. Heil, III, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  Taylor 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.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Dak T. Cohen represented the United States.