Konawa Resident Pleads Guilty To Sexual Abuse Of A Minor In Indian Country

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Coty Layne Hayes, age 25, of Konawa, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Indictment on one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country.

The Indictment alleged that beginning on or about June 9, 2023, and continuing until on or about September 22, 2023, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Indian country, Hayes knowingly engaged and attempted to engage in a sexual act with a person who had attained the age of 12 years but not attained the age of 16 years.

The crimes occurred in Seminole County, within the boundaries of the Seminole Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Seminole Nation Lighthorse Police, the Konawa Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Honorable Jason A. Robertson, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.  Hayes will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Morgan Muzljakovich represented the United States.