MUSKOGEE –Preston Shawn Whittington, 28, of Waurika, was sentenced last week to a statutory maximum sentence of 180 months in prison for Carjacking, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charges arose from investigations by the McAlester Police Department, the Davis Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On May 31, 2023, Whittington pleaded guilty to the charge.

According to investigators, Whittington was an inmate at the Jackie Brannon Correctional Center in McAlester, serving a state sentence for kidnapping. On March 30, 2021, Whittington assaulted the victim, stole the victim’s vehicle, and escaped.

During the assault, Whittington threatened to kill the victim.

Officers with the Davis Police Department later spotted the victim’s vehicle at a local gas station with Whittington inside.

Whittington led police on a high-speed chase, exceeding speeds of 100 mph before crashing the victim’s vehicle and fleeing on foot.

Whittington stole a second vehicle before being captured in Wichita Falls, Texas, one day after his escape from prison.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Whittington will remain in custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-parolable sentence of incarceration.

First Assistant United States Attorney Shannon Henson represented the United States.