Bryan County Resident Pleads Guilty To Illegally Possessing Firearms And Ammunition

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Russton Dwight Sweeten, age 48, of Durant, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment charged Sweeten with knowingly possessing one 20-guage pump-action shotgun, one multi-caliber semi-auto rifle, one 30-30 Win caliber lever-action rifle, one .22 L.R. caliber semi-auto pistol, one 9x19mm caliber semi-auto pistol, one 40 S&W caliber semi-auto pistol, and approximately 712 rounds of ammunition on March 26, 2026, 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 D. Edward Snow, 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.

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

Assistant U.S. Attorney Edith A. Singer represented the United States.