Arizona Residents Sentenced For Federal Drug Crime

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that two Arizona residents, Devier Tamon Washington, age 25, and Gabriel Donte Cunningham, age 28, were sentenced for federal drug charges.  Washington was sentenced to 63 months in prison and Cunningham was sentenced to 34 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl.

The charges arose from investigations by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, and the Roland Police Department.

On December 19, 2023, Washington pleaded guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl.  On January 10, 2024, Cunningham pleaded guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl.

According to investigators, on March 29, 2022, law enforcement stopped Washington and Cunningham for speeding on Interstate 40 in Roland, Oklahoma.  During a search of the car, officers found 30 ziplock baggies of counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, a loaded firearm, and approximately $4,000 in cash.

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.   Washington and Cunningham will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve non-paroleable sentences of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorney Erin Cornell represented the United States.