Clinton Man to Serve 10 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Steal from Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes by Staging a Faked Armed Robbery

OKLAHOMA CITY—Today, WILLIAM JEFFERY BRADY, JR., 21, from Clinton, Oklahoma, was sentenced by United States District Judge David L. Russell to serve 10 months in federal prison for 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. On October 6, 2010, 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. 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.

In addition to the 10-month prison sentence, Judge Russell ordered Brady to serve three years of supervised release upon his release from prison and pay $42,140 in restitution to the Tribes.

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