Tahlequah Resident Sentenced For Child Neglect

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Lloyd William McDaniel, age 36, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to a term of 1 year and 1 day imprisonment for one count of Child Neglect in Indian Country.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Tahlequah Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On October 14, 2025, McDaniel pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, on November 13, 2023, while responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of a child under the age of 18, McDaniel willfully and maliciously failed to protect the victim from exposure to illegal drug possession and use.

The crime occurred in Cherokee County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Senior Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  McDaniel will self-report to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility on September 16, 2026, to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Morgan Muzljakovich and Sarah McAmis represented the United States.