Latisha Marie McCarter, a 43-year-old resident of Checotah, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. The sentencing was announced by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The case originated from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics. Authorities reported that on June 17, 2023, McCarter sold a baggie containing white crystalline methamphetamine, classified as a Schedule II controlled substance, in the parking lot of a store located in Checotah.
McCarter pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine on August 13, 2025. The sentencing hearing was overseen by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour from the Western District of Washington, who served by designation in this case.
Following her sentencing, McCarter will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service until she is transported to a designated facility operated by the United States Bureau of Prisons to serve her sentence without parole.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jordan Howanitz prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.
