Career Criminal Offender Receives Enhanced Sentence
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that TIMOTHY CRAIG BOXFORD, age 43, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 262 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). Due to the defendant’s prior criminal history, BOXFORD was considered a career criminal offender, therefore enhancing his sentence.
The charge arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The Indictment alleges that on or June 21, 2014, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant did knowingly and intentionally possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of 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 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
