MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Timothy England, age 36, of Tahlequah was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2023 murder of a Stilwell resident.
The charge came from investigations by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service, the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
England pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder in Indian Country on April 30.
According to investigators, on February 7, 2023, England traveled to a Stilwell residence, waited outside for the resident to arrive, then fired at the victim eight times with a rifle before fleeing the scene.
Three of the shots struck the victim, who died at the scene.
England was later apprehended by the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service in Tahlequah and arrested without incident.
The crime occurred in Adair County, within the Cherokee Nation Reservation in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
England will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence.
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