Bartlesville Resident Pleads Guilty To Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Luther Lee Taylor, age 43, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to a one count Indictment of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

The Indictment alleged that on April 21, 2024, Taylor knowingly and intentionally possessed with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Howard-McLeod Correctional Center, the Atoka County Sheriff’s Office, the Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The Honorable Jason A. Robertson, 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.  Taylor will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Richard J. Lorenz represented the United States.