MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dekentrek Donneil McDowell, also known as Deketrek D. McDowell, X Day Day, X Deezy, and X Lil Beefy, aged 20 from Ada, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison. This sentence is for one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in Indian Country and another 46 months for one count of threatening interstate communications. The court ordered the terms to be served concurrently.
The charges resulted from an investigation by the Ada Police Department and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
On January 22, 2025, McDowell pleaded guilty to these charges.
Investigators reported that on June 4, 2024, McDowell pistol-whipped an individual and pointed a gun at their head. On July 27, 2024, he left multiple voicemail messages through a cell phone application threatening to kill another individual and her unborn child. These crimes occurred in Pontotoc County within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation Reservation in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The Honorable John L. Heil III presided over the hearing at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. McDowell will remain in custody under the U.S. Marshals Service until he is transported to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve his non-paroleable sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael E. Robinson represented the United States.
