Atoka Resident Pleads Guilty To Illegal Firearm Possession

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Vet Sentrel Colbert, age 43, of Atoka, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm punishable by up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment charged Colbert with knowingly possessing a 9mm Luger caliber, semi-automatic pistol on August 3, 2024, after having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police.

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.

Colbert will remain out on bond with conditions of release pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lewis M. Reagan represented the United States.