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Date: 05-17-2023
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Judge: Ronald A. White
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Muskogee
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Description: Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country.
The United States presented evidence that on July 21, 2021, in McAlester, Oklahoma, the defendant, Dennis Hebert, age 38, of Phenix City, Alabama, engaged in a sexual act with a child under the age of twelve. The government also called another witness who testified to having been sexually abused by Hebert as a child.
The case was investigated by the Choctaw Nation Tribal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma prosecuted the case because the victim is a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe and the crimes occurred in Pittsburg County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation and the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the trial in Muskogee and ordered the completion of a presentence report. The sentencing will be scheduled following completion of the report. The defendant will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal until sentencing.
Assistant United States Attorneys Anthony C. Marek and Caila M. Cleary represented the United States.
Outcome: Defendant was found guilty by a jury.
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