Tahlequah Resident Sentenced For Felony Assault Charge

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tristan Hunter Finch, age 27, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release for one count of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country.

The charges arose from an investigation by the United States Marshals Service and the Muskogee Police Department.

On February 20, 2024, Finch pleaded guilty to the charge. As part of the plea, Finch admitted that on the morning of September 5, 2023, Finch threatened the victim while holding a knife. The crime occurred in Muskogee County, within the boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing Muskogee.

Assistant United States Attorney Michael E. Robinson represented the United States.