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Description: Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping resulting in death, conspiracy to tamper with a witness.

Lane Ryan Bronson, 29, pleaded guilty to tampering with a witness, victim, and informant by using and threatening physical force. If a federal judge approves the stipulated sentence, Bronson will serve 19 years in federal prison. The judge will make the final determination at a sentencing hearing to be held at a later date.

Bronson admitted that on Aug. 13, 2020, he directed Chloe Stith, 22, to lure the two victims to her car where she restrained them and blindfolded them with duct tape. Stith and Bronson then drove the victims to a secluded location. They uncovered the victims’ eyes, and Bronson told one victim that he heard she had been talking about Jolene Walker Campbell’s disappearance. Bronson then assaulted the male victim while he was still restrained and defenseless.

Bronson’s brother Tre Ackerson, 28, is alleged to have kidnapped Walker Campbell in Joplin, traveled into Oklahoma, and murdered the woman between July 4 and July 5, 2020. Ackerson and Breanna Sloan, 23, then allegedly left her body in a rural Mayes County, Oklahoma, field. Sloan drove the vehicle and initially lured the victim by offering her a ride. On Nov. 17, 2022, Sloan pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting Ackerson to kidnap the victim, ultimately leading to her murder. Ackerson is set for trial in January and is innocent until proven guilty.

Bronson and Ackerson’s mother Kimberly Grissom, 48, and Jacob Scribner, 35, are also awaiting further proceedings in federal court. They are charged with conspiracy to retaliate against a witness, victim, and informant.

In total, seven defendants have now pleaded guilty to various charges from kidnapping to witness tampering.

The defendants are from the Joplin, Missouri, area.

The FBI led the investigation with the support of the Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Police Department, Mayes County Sheriff’s Office, and Joplin Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Justin G. Bish and George Jiang are prosecuting the case.

18 USC 1151, 1152, 120l(a), and 120l(c) - Kidnapping Conspiracy Resulting in Death
(1)
18 USC 120l(a)(l) and 2 - Kidnapping Resulting in Death
(2)
18 USC 1151, 1152, 120l(a)(2), and 2 - Kidnapping in Indian Country Resulting in Death
(3)
18 USC 1512(k), 1512(a)(2)(C), 1512(b)(3), 1512(c)(1), 1512(h), and 1512(i): Conspiracy to Tamper with a Witness, Victim, and Informant
(4s)
18 USC 1512(k), 1512(a)(2)(C), 1512(b)(3), 1512(c)(l), and 1512(h)(i) -Conspiracy to Tamper with a Witness, Victim, and Informant
(5)
18 USC 1512(a)(2)(C), 1512(a)(3)(B)(ii), 1512(a)(3)(C), 1512(h), 1512(i), and 2: Tampering with a Witness, Victim, and Informant by Using and Threatening Physical Force
(5s)
18 USC 1512(c)(l), 1512(h)(i), and 2 -Tampering with Documents and Proceedings by Corruptly Altering, Destroying, Mutilating, and Concealing a Record, Document, and Other Object
(6)
18 USC 1512(a)(2)(C), 1512(a)(3)(B)(ii), 1512(a)(3)(C), 1512(h)(i), and 2 - Tampering with a Witness, Victim, and Informant by Using and Threatening Physical Force
(7)
18 USC 1512(a)(2)(C), 1512(a)(3)(C), 1512(h), 1512(i), and 2: Tampering with a Witness, Victim, and Informant by Using the Threat of Physical Force
(7s)
18 USC 1512(c)(l), 1512(h)(i), and 2 -Tampering with Documents and Proceedings by Corruptly Altering, Destroying, Mutilating, and Concealing a Record, Document, and Other Object
(8)
18 USC 1512(a)(2)(C), 1512(a)(3)(B)(ii), 1512(a)(3)(C), 1512(h), 1512(i), and 2: Tampering with a Witness, Victim, and Informant by Using and Threatening Physical Force
(8s)
18 USC 1512(a)(2)(C), 1512(a)(3)(B)(ii), 1512(a)(3)(C), 1512(h)(i), and 2 - Tampering with a Witness, Victim, and Informant by Using and Threatening Physical Force
(9)
18 USC 1512(a)(2)(C), 1512(a)(3)(C), 1512(h)(i), and 2 - Tampering with a Witness, Victim, and Informant by Using the Threat of Physical Force
(11)
18 USC 1512(a)(2)(C), 1512(a)(3)(B)(ii), 1512(a)(3)(C), 1512(h)(i), and 2 - Tampering with a Witness, Victim, and Informant by Using and Threatening Physical Force
(12)

Outcome: 11/21/2022 406  MINUTES of Proceedings - held before Magistrate Judge Susan E Huntsman: Change of Plea Hearing held on 11/21/2022 , guilty plea entered, striking/terminating deadline(s)/hearing(s) as to Lane Ryan Bronson (Court Reporter: FTR MJ Courtroom 1) (alg, Dpty Clk) (Entered: 11/21/2022)
11/21/2022 407  CONSENT by Defendant to Proceed before a Magistrate Judge for Change of Plea (in Felony case) approved by Magistrate Judge Susan E Huntsman as to Lane Ryan Bronson (alg, Dpty Clk) (Entered: 11/21/2022)
11/21/2022 408  WAIVER of Right to Trial by Jury approved by Magistrate Judge Susan E Huntsman by Lane Ryan Bronson (alg, Dpty Clk) (Entered: 11/21/2022)
11/21/2022 409  PETITION to Enter Plea of Guilty and ORDER Accepting Plea by Magistrate Judge Susan E Huntsman as to Lane Ryan Bronson (alg, Dpty Clk) (Entered: 11/21/2022)
11/21/2022 410  PLEA AGREEMENT as to Lane Ryan Bronson (alg, Dpty Clk) (Entered: 11/21/2022)
11/21/2022 411  SEALED PLEA SUPPLEMENT (alg, Dpty Clk) (Entered: 11/21/2022)

Defendant pled guilty.

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