McAlester Man Sentenced To 168 Months For Methamphetamine Distribution

McAlester Man Sentenced To 168 Months For Methamphetamine Distribution

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Aug. 14, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that DANIEL RAY JOHNSON, age 32, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 168 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A).

The charge arose from an investigation by the District 18 District Attorney’s Drug Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The defendant was indicted in March 2014 and pled guilty in May 2014.

The Indictment alleged that from on or about January 6, 2014, to Jan. 11, 2014, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant did knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing. The defendant will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending transportation to the designated federal facility at which he will serve his nonparolable sentence.

Assistant United States Attorney Shannon Henson represented the United States.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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