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Clinton Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Steal from Tribe by Staging a Fake Armed Robbery

U.S. Attorney’s Office October 06, 2010
  • Western District of Oklahoma (405) 553-8700

OKLAHOMA CITY—Today, WILLIAM JEFFERY BRADY, 21, from Clinton, Oklahoma, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit theft from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (“Tribes”) by staging a fake armed robbery, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

The Tribes own the Cheyenne and Arapaho Smoke Shop on Indian land in Clinton, Oklahoma, which sells tobacco products and other items to the public. Brady worked as a security guard for the Smoke Shop. Brady pled guilty to conspiring with another man (“John Doe”) to stage a fake armed robbery from the Smoke Shop in December of 2009. Specifically, while working as a security guard on December 8, 2009, Brady intentionally left a Smoke Shop door unlocked so that his co-conspirator could gain entry, armed with a handgun. Brady admitted that approximately $42,000 in cash was stolen from the Smoke Shop safe. At some point between April and June of 2010, Brady received some of the stolen cash from John Doe.

At sentencing, Brady faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. A sentencing hearing will be set by the court in approximately 90 days.

This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Avro Q. Mikkanen.

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