Broken Bow Resident Sentenced To 180 Months For Felon In Possession of Firearm

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Broken Bow resident Thomas Christopher Joseph, age 51, was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon in Possession of Firearm. The charges arose from an investigation by the Broken Bow Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The Indictment alleged that on or about January 8, 2018, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant, having been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, knowingly possessed an SCCY, Model CPX-1, 9mm semi-automatic pistol, serial number 247149, a firearm which had been shipped and transported in interstate commerce. Joseph’s prior convictions included Second Degree Robbery and Second Degree Burglary. 

United States Attorney Brian J. Kuester said, “Project Safe Neighborhoods is a Department of Justice priority which emphasizes collaborative efforts between federal and local law enforcement agencies to reduce violent crime. This investigation and prosecution was the result of those efforts.”

The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Dean Burris represented the United States.