Press Release
Muskogee Resident Sentenced For Kidnapping And Robbery
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ashton Marie Clark, age 31, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for one count of Kidnapping in Indian Country and 120 months in prison for one count of Robbery in Indian Country. The sentences will be served concurrently.
The charges arose from investigations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office, and the Muskogee Police Department.
On September 14, 2022, Clark pleaded guilty to one count of Kidnapping in Indian Country and one count of Robbery in Indian Country. According to investigators, on September 11, 2021, Clark and her co-defendant kidnapped and assaulted one victim, and robbed another victim, stealing a car and personal items at gunpoint.
The crimes occurred in Muskogee County, within the boundaries of the Muscogee Creek Nation Reservation, in 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. Clark will remain in the 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 Attorneys Erin Cornell and Casey Richmond represented the United States.
Updated November 9, 2023
Topics
Indian Country Law and Justice
Violent Crime