Muskogee Resident Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Sexual Abuse In Indian Country

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jaxson Clayton Vaughn, age 19, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country, punishable by up to Life in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that on November 14, 2024, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Indian country, Vaughn knowingly caused the victim to engage in a sexual act by use of force and by threatening and placing the victim in fear of death, serious bodily injury, and kidnapping.

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

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

The Honorable Jason A. Roberston, 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.

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

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Pippin represented the United States.