Sequoyah County Resident Sentenced For Federal Drug Crime

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Robert Carl Ward, age 69, of Vian, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

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

On June 3, 2024, Ward pleaded guilty to the charge. According to investigators, on January 2, 2024, agents discovered Ward in possession of possessed gallon-size baggies containing crystalline methamphetamine, two sets of digital gram-weight scales, and smaller plastic baggies filled with crystalline methamphetamine. In total, Ward possessed over 575 grams of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, which he intended to distribute.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Ward will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rachel Geizura and Edith Singer represented the United States.