SALLISAW, Okla. — A Sallisaw woman was sentenced to 36 months in prison for Arson in Indian Country, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
In addition to the sentencing, 35-year-old Felicia Nicholl Barger of Sallisaw was ordered to pay $7,500 in restitution, the release said.
Bargar pleaded guilty to "willfully and maliciously setting fire to and burning a dwelling," after an investigation concluded she "set fire to a trailer house she was renting after receiving an eviction notice" in October 2020.
According to the release, the Sallisaw Police Department, the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were part of the investigation into Bargar.
According to the United State Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the case was prosecuted because by them because the defendant is a tribe member and the crimes occurred within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation in Sequoyah County.
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