MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that WILLIAM JAMES SMITH, Jr., a/k/a Jimmy, age 35, of Okay, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 54 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM & AMMUNITION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
The charges are a result of an investigation by the United States Marshals Service, the District 27 Drug Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The defendant was indicted in August, 2015 and pled guilty in September, 2015.
The Indictment alleged that on or about Feb. 26, 2015, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant, WILLIAM JAMES SMITH, Jr., a/k/a Jimmy, having been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, did knowingly possess in and affecting commerce, a firearm and ammunition, which had been shipped and transported in interstate commerce.
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 Marshals Service pending transportation to the designated federal facility at which he will serve his nonparoleable sentence.
Assistant United States Attorney Dean Burris represented the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
