Holdenville Man Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping, Firearm Possession

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Nicholas Earl Faulkner, a.k.a. "Ponyboy," age 32, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Kidnapping, in violation of Title 18, United States Code Sections 1201(a)(1), 2, 1151 and 1153, punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both; and to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.

The Indictment alleges that on or about April 16, 2017, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, within Indian Country, on an Indian allotment, the Indian title to which had not been extinguished, the defendant, an Indian, did unlawfully and willfully seize, confine, inveigle, decoy, kidnap, abduct, carry away, and hold for some benefit, Nicole Marlene Owl, and, in furtherance of the commission of the offense, used any means, facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce. 

The Indictment further alleges that on or about April 17, 2017, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, the defendant, having been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, did knowingly possess in and affecting commerce, a firearm and ammunition which had been shipped and transported in interstate commerce. 

The charges arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Seminole Nation Lighthorse police.

The Honorable Steven P. Shreder, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.  

Assistant United States Attorney Edward Snow with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and Assistant United States Attorney Mona Sahaf with the Special Prosecutions Section, for the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division represented the United States.