Texas Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearm Crime

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jeffrey Wayne Thompson, age 48, of Fort Worth, Texas, entered a guilty plea to an Indictment charging him with one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition.

The Indictment alleged that February 21, 2023, Thompson knowingly possessed a firearm and six rounds of ammunition after having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

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

The Honorable D. Edward Snow, 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. Thompson was allowed to remain on bond pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Michael E. Robinson represented the United States.