MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ace Hailey Buckner, age 37, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to a Felony Information of one count of Arson in Indian Country, punishable by up to 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The Information alleged that on June 5, 2025, Buckner willfully and maliciously set fire to and burned a motor vehicle.
The crime occurred in Okmulgee County, within the boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The charge arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Police Department.
The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, 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.
Buckner will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Eastern District of Oklahoma — U.S. Department of Justice press release.