OKLAHOMA CITY
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced an Oklahoma City man to five years in prison for assaulting two neighbors inside their apartment in Okinawa, Japan, officials stated.
Brendan Rowin Figuly was working for the U.S. Armed Forces overseas as a civilian engineer, according to officials.
Figuly, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Bernard M. Jones for two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
According to admissions during the plea hearing, Figuly was living in Okinawa, Japan, and working for the U.S. Armed Forces as a civilian engineer at Kadena Air Force Base.
On April 11, 2020, Figuly was living in a multi-unit apartment building off-base.
That afternoon, he entered the apartment of a female neighbor, E.M., armed with a box cutter knife, and demanded to know the whereabouts of their landlord.
Figuly stated he wanted to kill the landlord, but instead attacked E.M., strangling her until she fell unconscious, cutting her fingers with a knife, and striking her in the face with a baking dish.
When she regained consciousness, E.M. fled to her apartment balcony, and Figuly pursued her, breaking the balcony door in the process. E.M.’s husband J.M. then entered the apartment.
Figuly then threatened to kill J.M. Figuly also assaulted J.M. with the box cutter knife, before J.M. and a neighbor could subdue him, according to authorities.