Involving police, putting infant in harm’s way
A Roland man has been sentenced to a total of 308 months imprisonment for assaulting two police officers and a female victim with a gun and knife, while also putting a minor child in harm’s way.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma said that Elbert A. Fuller, Jr., 25, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment for one count of assault with intent to commit murder, one count of child abuse and one count of child neglect, all in Indian Country.
He was also reportedly sentenced to 120 months im-prisonment on three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm, and 120 months on one count of use, carry, brandish, or discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, which was ordered to run consecutive to his other counts for a total sentence of 308 months imprisonment.
According to a press release, these six counts were ordered to run concurrent with each other.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Roland Police Department, Cherokee Nation Marshal Service and Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office.
On June 22, 2023, Fuller entered a plea of guilty to all counts. According to investigators, on Oct. 8, 2022, law enforcement responding to a 911 call encountered Fuller leaving a Roland residence carrying an infant.
Fuller reportedly fired a pistol multiple times at officers, dropped the pistol, pulled a large knife, and then attempted to stab one of the officers. During the altercation, a family member was able to take the child from Fuller.
Fuller was eventually subdued and taken into custody. The crimes occurred in Sequoyah County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
“The defendant’s violent acts endangered multiple people, including a child, and the sentence imposed is certainly fitting punishment,” U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Wilson said.
Fuller was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.
