The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced on Apr. 2 that Demontrae Davion Rogers, 20, of Wewoka, and Damarion Hiawatha Nichols, 21, of Moore, have been sentenced for their roles in an armed assault that took place on April 2, 2024.
The sentencing follows a violent incident where both men forcibly entered a detached residential garage in Wewoka and held four individuals at gunpoint. According to investigators, Rogers and Nichols struck one occupant with their weapons during the assault. A misfire from Rogers’ weapon led law enforcement to recover a casing at the scene that matched a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
Rogers received consecutive sentences totaling over eight years: 21 months for assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in Indian Country and 84 months for use, carry, and brandish of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He also received another year for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number; this sentence will run concurrently with his assault sentence. Rogers pleaded guilty to the federal firearm charge on June 6, 2025, and to the armed assault charges on December 8, 2025.
Nichols was sentenced on March 6, 2026 to nearly four years (46 months) in prison after pleading guilty on December 8, 2025 to four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in Indian Country.
United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson said: “Enforcing federal firearm regulations is crucial to protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens and ensuring public safety. This sentence should serve as a warning: removing the serial number from a firearm will not protect you from being prosecuted for your crimes.”
ATF Dallas Field Division’s Special Agent in Charge Brian Garner said: “Eastern Oklahoma is safer today following the sentencing of Demontrae Rogers, who attempted to carry out an assault using a firearm with an obliterated serial number. This deliberate act to conceal the weapon’s origin reflects the serious threat posed to our community.” Garner added that agents used ATF’s National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) as part of their investigation linking evidence recovered at the scene directly back to Rogers’ involvement.
Both defendants remain in custody pending transportation by U.S. Marshals Service authorities for placement within designated Bureau of Prisons facilities.
