A Wayne man has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for a robbery in Purcell involving an Uzi-style airsoft gun.

That’s the word from U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

Sean Robert Tyson, 32, was initially charged and sentenced in the District Court of McClain County but the conviction was dismissed based on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma.

In July of last year Tyson pleaded guilty to robbery in Indian Country.

According to court records, Tyson asked to borrow the victim’s phone while at Star Travel Plaza. When the call concluded, Tyson pointed what looked like a real Uzi firearm at the victim and a two-year-old child held by the victim, saying the phone now belonged to Tyson. He fled in a vehicle with the victim’s phone.

At the sentencing Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Wyrick sentenced Tyson to serve seven years in federal prison.

In support of his sentence Judge Wyrick cited, among other things, the serious nature of the offense, Tyson’s criminal history and the impact of the robbery on the victim’s 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 May 28, 2021. Tyson is an admitted member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood.

The case was the result of an investigation by the FBI in Oklahoma City and the Purcell Police Department.