Blackbird sentenced - Vian Tenkiller

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January 15, 2025

Blackbird sentenced

A Vian man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Lucas J. Blackbird, 40, was sentenced on a count of assault of a spouse, intimate partner or dating partner by strangling or attempting to strangle, in Indian Country. The charge arose from an investigation by the Vian Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

According to investigators, on Feb. 19, 2024, Blackbird strangled the victim, causing life-threatening injuries.

He pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 19, 2024.

Blackbird will remain in the custody of U.S. Marshals pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-parolable sentence of incarceration.

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