McAlester Resident Pleads Guilty To Multiple Counts Of Abusive Sexual Contact In Indian Country

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Darrell Dee Faver, Jr., age 41, of McAlester, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Information of two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country, punishable by a term of imprisonment up to life on each count.

The Information alleged that beginning in or about September 2017, and continuing until in or about October 2019, Faver knowingly engaged in and caused sexual contact with two victims who had not attained the age of 12 years, with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, and gratify the sexual desire of any person.

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

The charges arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, 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.

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

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicole Paladino and Morgan Muzljakovich represented the United States.