Tristen R. Cawhorn, 26, of Gore, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for accessory after the fact to kidnapping.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office and Muskogee Police Department.
On March 21, 2023, Cawhorn pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to kidnapping. According to investigators, in September 2021, Cawhorn assisted Patrick W. McHenry in a kidnapping, allowing McHenry to lock the victim in a shed on her property and alerting McHenry when the victim attempted to escape.
On Dec. 21, 2022, McHenry was convicted by a federal jury in the Eastern District of Oklahoma for conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping, carjacking, robbery in Indian Country, and the carry/use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Cawhorn will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.