Adair County Resident Pleads Guilty To Illegal Firearm Possession

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jeremy Lee Poafpybitty, age 40, of Bunch, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that on May 6, 2025, that Poafpybitty knowingly possessed a 9mm semi-automatic pistol after having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

The crime occurred in Cherokee County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Cherokee Nation Marshals Service, and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, 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.

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

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

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Conway represented the United States.