Muskogee County Resident Pleads Guilty To Misprision Of Felony

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jessica Ann James, age 41, of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Information of one count of Misprision of Felony, punishable by up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Information alleged that beginning in or about October 2024, and continuing until on or about December 16, 2025, James, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, to wit, Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), concealed the same and did not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The Honorable Jason A. Robertson, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

James will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Olivia Staubus represented the United States.