Two Oklahoma residents have pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from assaults that took place in Wewoka on April 2, 2024. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Demontrae Davion Rogers, 20, of Wewoka, and Damarion Hiawatha Nichols, 21, of Moore, entered guilty pleas related to the incident.
Rogers pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in Indian Country and one count of use, carry, and brandish of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Each charge carries potential penalties including up to ten years in prison for the assault charge and ten years to life for the firearms offense. Both charges also allow for fines up to $250,000.
Nichols pleaded guilty to four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in Indian Country. Each count is punishable by up to ten years imprisonment and a fine up to $250,000.
According to the indictment, Rogers assaulted one victim with a dangerous weapon and brandished a firearm while Nichols assaulted four victims using a dangerous weapon. The offenses took place within Seminole County on the Seminole Nation Reservation.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Seminole Nation Lighthorse Police, and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office.
U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Edward Snow accepted their pleas in federal court and ordered presentence investigation reports. Sentencing will be determined by a U.S. District Court Judge after reviewing federal sentencing guidelines along with other statutory factors.
Both defendants are being held by the United States Marshals Service until sentencing is complete.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jonathan E. Soverly and Jacob R. Parker represented the government in this case.
