Wewoka Resident Sentenced For Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Erin Nicole Hodge, age 30, of Wewoka, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for one count of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury in Indian Country.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Seminole Nation Lighthorse Police Department.

On August 12, 2025, Hodge pleaded guilty to the charge in federal district court. According to investigators, on February 10, 2024, during a confrontation outside a Seminole, Oklahoma business, Hodge bit the victim on the face. The crime occurred in Seminole County, within the boundaries of the Seminole Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable John F. Heil, III, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Hodge will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.