MUSKOGEE, OK—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that DERRICK CASEY FRY, a/k/a Derrek Casey Fry, age 35, of Nashoba, Oklahoma, pled guilty to ASSAULT RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1153, 1151 and 113(a)(6), punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.

The charge is a result of an investigation by the Choctaw Nation Tribal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The defendant was indicted in July, 2015.

The Indictment alleged that from on or about the 23rd day of June, 2015, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Indian Country, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, the defendant, DERRICK CASEY FRY, a/k/a Derrek Casey Fry, an Indian, assaulted James Belvin, resulting in serious bodily injury.

The Honorable Kimberly E. West, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the guilty plea and ordered a presentence report to be completed. The defendant will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Edward Snow represented the United States.