OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An admitted member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for a robbery involving an Uzi-style airsoft gun, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

32-year-old Sean Robert Tyson of Wayne, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 7 years in prison after his previous conviction was dismissed based on the McGirt ruling.

In June 2021, a one-count Information was filed against Tyson that charged him with Robbery in Indian Country.

According to court records, Tyson asked to borrow the victim’s phone while at Star Travel Plaza in Purcell.

When the call ended, Tyson pointed what looked like a real Uzi firearm at the victim and a two-year-old child held by the victim, saying to the victim that the phone now belonged to Tyson. 

He then fled in a vehicle with the victim’s phone.

On July 15, 2021, Tyson pleaded guilty.

He was sentenced on July 11, 2022.

In support of his sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Wyrick cited, among other things, the serious nature of the offense, Tyson’s criminal history, and the impact of the robbery on the victim family. 

Judge Wyrick also ordered that upon release from prison, Tyson must serve three years of supervised release.

Tyson has been in federal custody since his arrest on May 28, 2021.

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