MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Glen Thomas West, age 35, of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Murder in Indian Country- Second Degree, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1111(a) 1151, and 1153, punishable by death or imprisonment for life, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
The Indictment alleged that on or about July 10, 2019, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Indian Country, the defendant, an Indian, willfully, deliberately, maliciously, and with premeditation and malice aforethought, did unlawfully kill Edwin Dominic Reid, an Indian, with a firearm.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Henryetta Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Honorable Steven P. Shreder, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.
Assistant United States Attorney David Youll represented the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
