Clinton Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Steal $42,000 Cash from Smoke Shop

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CLINTON, Oklahoma -- A Clinton man pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma Sanford C. Coats said 21-year-old William Jeffery Brady confessed to planning a fake armed robbery that would have taken money from the two tribes.

Brady worked as a security guard for The Cheyenne and Arapaho Smoke Shop on Indian land in Clinton, Okla. that is owned by the two tribes.

Brady pled guilty to conspiring with an unidentified man to stage a fake armed robbery of the smoke shop in December of 2009. Part of the plan included Brady intentionally leaving the smoke shop door open for the other man to enter, armed with a gun, where he stole about $42,000 in cash from the smoke shop safe.

The man who entered the smoke shop then gave some of the money to Brady.

Brady now faces up to five years in prison as well as a $250,000 fine.