A man who escaped from the Okmulgee County Jail will spend 2 ½ years in prison following his sentencing this week in federal court.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Coker Dean Barker, age 37, of Seminole, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for Escape from Custody.
The charge arose from investigations by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority, with assistance from the FBI, the Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Office, the Tulsa Police Department, the Rogers County Sheriff ’s Office and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Barker pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 7, 2022.
In Nov. 2021, Barker and another inmate, Dustin Marris, escaped from federal custody at a detention center in Okmulgee. Both escapees were apprehended the next day as a result of a successful multi-agency manhunt. Marris was sentenced in Feb. 2023 for his involvement in the escape.
Barker was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.
