MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Gary Logan Pruitt, age 24, and Jade Larae Duncan, a/k/a Jade Larae Nakedhead, age 29, of Rocky Mountain, Oklahoma, each entered guilty pleas to one count of Child Neglect in Indian Country, punishable by a term of up to life imprisonment.
The Indictment alleged that between on or about April 8, 2025, and on or about April 22, 2025, Pruitt and Duncan willfully and maliciously failed and omitted to provide supervision to protect from harm or threatened harm to a child under the age of eighteen by failing to seek medical care for the victim while the defendants were responsible for the victim’s health, safety, and welfare.
The crimes occurred in Adair County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service.
The Honorable D. Edward Snow, 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.
Defendants will remain out on bond with conditions pending sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Morgan Muzljakovich represented the United States.