Seminole Resident Sentenced For Escape From Federal Custody

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Coker Dean Barker, age 37, of Seminole, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for Escape from Custody.

The charge arose from investigations by the United States Marshals Service and the Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office, the Tulsa Police Department, the Rogers County Sheriff’s Office, and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

On November 7, 2022, Barker pleaded guilty to the charge.  In November 2021, Barker and another inmate, Dustin Marris, escaped from federal custody at a detention center in Okmulgee.  Both escapees were apprehended the next day as a result of a successful multi-agency manhunt.  Marris was sentenced in February 2023 for his involvement in the escape.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  Barker was remanded to 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 Attorney Kevin Gross represented the United States at sentencing.