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Jimcy McGirt charged in federal court for violation of supervised release

Okmulgee County Jail
Kenneth Farnham
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Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority
Okmulgee County Jail

Jimcy McGirt, the man behind the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma U.S. Supreme Court case, — which reaffirmed the sovereignty of several Oklahoma tribes — recently appeared in the Eastern District Court of Oklahoma under new charges.

Last October, after McGirt was let out of federal prison on supervised release, he was re-sentenced to five years after a Seminole Nation Lighthorse officer responded to a call stating that McGirt had approached two children on a playground in Seminole County.

Jimcy McGirt
Jimcy McGirt

The arresting officer discovered he was residing with his son within the Seminole Nation boundary despite being registered as a sex offender living within the Muscogee Creek Nation.

McGirt was not convicted for approaching the children due to lack of evidence but was charged with a felony for residing next to a playground and a misdemeanor for failing to notify his parole officer of the move.

In that hearing, McGirt pleaded “no contest” to the charges and was sentenced to spend six months of his five-year sentence behind bars. He was slated to leave prison on supervised release around Feb. 27.

On Feb. 28, he was transferred over to the Eastern District Court of Oklahoma, where federal prosecutors are now asking for his supervised release to be revoked entirely.

The prosecutors allege that before he was caught outside of the Muscogee Creek Nation, he had repeatedly broken the rules of his release.

These violations include possessing a cell phone with internet usage, operating a social media account and not appearing for court-ordered sex offender treatment sessions in August of last year.

If the revocation is approved, McGirt will remain behind bars for the next four years and six months. He’s currently being held in an Okmulgee County Jail.

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Katie Hallum (ᏧᏟ) covers Indigenous Affairs at KOSU.
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