A Nowata man is arrested in Nowata County on a federal warrant.
34-year-old Matthew Speer was arrested by the Nowata County Sheriff's Office with the assistance of the Nowata Police Department and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Speer was arrested for a no bond federal warrant after he was indicted by a Grand Jury on several charges in Indian Country. The charges are from an incident that happened in Delaware, Oklahoma on January 11th.
Speer is accused of shooting at another person. The investigation by the NCSO revealed the alleged victim is of Native American descent and Speer is non-native. The McGirt ruling gives jurisdiction only to the Federal Government for prosecution. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was called in for assistance and they were successful in obtaining indictments for Speer.
