A Sand Springs man was sentenced Friday in federal court docket for robbing and assaulting a fuel station proprietor, introduced U.S. Legal professional Clint Johnson.
U.S. District Decide Gregory Ok. Frizzell sentenced Camaran Blake Breazeale, 30, to a complete of 15 years in federal jail. He obtained 96 months for theft in Indian Nation and 84 months for carrying, utilizing, and brandishing a firearm throughout and in relation to against the law of violence. Decide Frizzell additional ordered the defendant to pay restitution within the quantity of $100,000.
“Camaran Breazeale’s vicious assault resulted in life-altering accidents to the aged sufferer on this case,” mentioned U.S. Legal professional Clint Johnson. “As evidenced by this prosecution and 15-year federal jail sentence, the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace and our legislation enforcement companions within the Northern District of Oklahoma is not going to tolerate those that commit acts of violence in our communities.”
On July 13, 2021, the Sand Springs Police Division responded to a male, later recognized as Breazeale, loitering at a fuel station, A&S Fuels. An officer arrived and notified Breazeale to depart the property’s premises. Roughly twenty minutes later, the defendant returned to the fuel station and mentioned to the proprietor, “That is my retailer. Give me every little thing now.” In keeping with court docket paperwork, video footage confirmed Breazeale placing the defendant along with his fist a number of occasions and knocking him down. Then, he grabbed a shotgun and used the butt of the firearm to strike the sufferer repeatedly within the head saying, “Cease don’t transfer, or I’ll shoot you.” Breazeale then took money from the register and exited the station.
The Sand Springs Police Division positioned Breazeale close to the fuel station after a buyer reported {that a} man was on the ground coated in blood. The officer then rendered assist to the sufferer who was unconscious within the retailer with a number of accidents. The sufferer was transported by ambulance to an space hospital.
The sufferer has endured the lack of a watch, disfigurement, a number of main surgical procedures and different hardships. Assistant U.S. Legal professional Thomas Buscemi acknowledged in court docket paperwork that one needed to view the surveillance video that captured the crime to know the horrific diploma of the assault.
Breazeale is a Cherokee Nation citizen, and the crime occurred throughout the Muscogee Nation Reservation.
The FBI and Sand Springs Police Division performed the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Thomas E. Buscemi and Victor A.S. Régal prosecuted the case.