Carter County Resident Pleads Guilty To Assault By Strangling

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tyler Layne Gillispie, age 32, of Dickson, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Assault of a Spouse, Intimate Partner, and Dating Partner by Strangling and Attempting to Strangle, punishable by up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that on May 6, 2025, Gillispie assaulted the victim, a dating partner, by strangling.

The crime occurred in Carter County, within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police Department.

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.

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

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Morgan Muzljakovich and Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.