Pushmataha County Resident Pleads Guilty To Two Counts Of Assault With Intent To Do Bodily Harm

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Parker Kyle Taylor, age 34, of Fort Towson, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to Do Bodily Harm in Indian Country, each punishable by up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that on or about July 26, 2026, Taylor assaulted one victim with a knife with intent to do bodily harm, then assaulted a responding deputy with a knife, intending to do bodily harm.

The crimes occurred in Pushmataha County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Pushmataha County Sheriff’s Office.

The Honorable Jason A. Robertson, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Taylor will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Edith A. Singer and Kristin Knutson represented the United States.