May Federal Grand Jury 2025-B Indictments Announced

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the May Federal Grand Jury 2025-B Indictments.

The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned by the Grand Jury. The return of an indictment is a method of informing a defendant of alleged violations of federal law, which must be proven in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt to overcome a defendant's presumption of innocence.

Gustavo Barranco Labastida. Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute; Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Barranco Labastida, 49, a Mexican national, is charged with knowingly possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. He is additionally charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed in July 2014. The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Bailey is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-190

Agustin Alberto Becerra Ambriz. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Becerra Ambriz, 32, a Mexican national, is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed in September 2013. Homeland Security Investigations is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michele Hulgaard is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-195

Aaron Michael Bennett. Manufacturing a Controlled Substance; Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises; Felon in Possession of Ammunition. Bennett, 41, of Tulsa, is charged with intentionally manufacturing a controlled substance, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and maintaining a residence for drug distribution. Further, Bennett is charged with possessing ammunition, knowing he was previously convicted of a felony. Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Broken Arrow Police Department are the investigative agencies. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Oklahoma National Guard are assisting in the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Flynn is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-198

Miguel Cerrato Argueta. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Cerrato Argueta, 24, a Honduran national, is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed in 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2017. Homeland Security Investigations is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Flynn is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-196

Juan Cornelio Gomez. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Cornelio Gomez, 47, a Mexican national, is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed in June 2010 and August 2015. Homeland Security Investigations is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Augustus Forster is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-200

Marcellino James Davis, Jr. Felon in Possession of Ammunition; Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country; Carrying, Using, Brandishing, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. Davis, 40, of Tulsa and a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, is charged with possessing ammunition, knowing he was previously convicted of a felony. Additionally, Davis is charged with assaulting the victim with a dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. The Broken Arrow Police Department, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Jolly is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-199

Roger Fuentes Ramos. Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute; Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Fuentes Ramos, 31, a Mexican national, is charged with knowingly possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. Additionally, he is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed twice in 2014 and in 2017. The Drug Enforcement Administration Tulsa Resident Office and Homeland Security Investigations are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Niko Boulieris is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-188

Terry Joe Hicks. First Degree Felony Murder in Indian Country; First Degree Burglary in Indian Country; Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country; Carrying, Using, Brandishing, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. Hicks, 34, of Vinita and a member of the Wyandotte Nation, is charged with killing Robin Sharp with malice during a burglary. He is charged with breaking into an occupied dwelling to commit a crime and assaulting Robin Sharp with a firearm. Lastly, Hicks brandished and discharged a firearm during a crime of violence. The FBI and the Grove Police Department are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephanie Ihler and Blithe Cravens are prosecuting the case. 26-CR-179

Christopher Brandon Kay. Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography; Possession of Child Pornography in Indian Country. Kay, 26, of Sand Springs and a member of the Cherokee Nation, is charged with knowingly receiving and distributing visual images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children. Further, Kay is charged with possessing visual images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children under 12 years old. Homeland Security Investigations and the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley Robert is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-180

Melisa Susan Kyle. Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute. Kyle, 46, of Crane, Missouri, is charged with knowingly possessing more than 500 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The Drug Enforcement Administration Tulsa Resident Office and the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tyson McCoy is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-189

Francisco Javier Pantoja Santillan. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Pantoja Santillan, 49, a Mexican national, is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed three times in 2001, once in 2009, and once in 2020. Homeland Security Investigations is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey Todd is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-202

Servando Perez Arrollo. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Perez Arrollo, 41, a Mexican national, is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed in 2008, twice in 2009, and 2013. Homeland Security Investigations is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ammon Brisolara is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-197

Willie Carl Stanley. Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition. Stanley, 41, of Tulsa, is charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition, knowing he was previously convicted of a felony. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Tulsa Police Department are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney John W. Dowdell is prosecuting the case.
26-CR-203

Jamie Lynn Stephens. Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute; Conspiracy to Tamper with Evidence by Engaging Misleading Conduct. Stephens, 48, of Miller, Missouri, is charged with knowingly possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. Further, Stephens is charged with knowingly misleading another person in an attempt to alter or destroy evidence on a cellular device. The Drug Enforcement Administration Tulsa Resident Office and the Quapaw Nation Marshal Service are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tyson McCoy is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-187

Victor Varona Lopez. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien; Attempted Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute. Varona Lopez, 33, a Mexican national, is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed in 2011, 2012, three times in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2022. He is additionally charged with attempting to possess more than 500 grams of methamphetamine with the intention of distributing. Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration Tulsa Resident Office are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Nasar is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-181

Andrew Cordario Wagoner. Escape from Federal Custody. Wagoner, 24, transient, is charged with escaping federal custody and knowingly departing the Turley Residential Center without permission. The U.S. Marshal Service is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Greenough is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-182

Henry Adam Watashe. Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition. Watashe, 35, of Sapulpa, is charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition, knowing he was previously convicted of a felony. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Broken Arrow Police Department are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney John W. Dowdell is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-204

Camille Jordan Winchester. Production of Child Pornography; Possession of Child Pornography; Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country. Winchester, 36, of Mounds and a member of the Cherokee Nation, is charged with using a minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of child sexual abuse material. Additionally, he is charged with possessing visual images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children and knowingly engaging in a sexually explicit act with a child under 12 years old. The FBI and the Tulsa Police Department are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alicia Hockenbury is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-183

Phaylen Lloyd Yellow Robe. Assault of an Intimate/Dating Partner by Strangling and Suffocating in Indian Country; Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country; Carrying, Using, and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. Yellow Robe, 34, of Tulsa and a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, is charged with strangling an intimate dating partner. He is charged with threatening to inflict injury on two victims and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The FBI and the Tulsa Police Department are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Ihler is prosecuting the case. 26-CR-201