Latimer County Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearm Charge

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Teresa Louise Lightfoot, age 51, of Wilburton, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

The Indictment alleged that on September 28, 2023, Lightfoot knowingly possessed a semiautomatic pistol after having been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Latimer County Sheriff's Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The Honorable D. Edward Snow, U.S. 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. Lightfoot will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.