Carter County Resident Sentenced In Two Federal Cases

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jeremy Matthew Girty, age 43, of Carter County, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 130 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and 120 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a felon.  The sentences were ordered to run concurrently.  In a separate case, Girty was sentenced to 96 months in prison for Manslaughter in Indian Country.  The manslaughter sentence was ordered to run consecutive to the drug and gun crimes.

The drug and gun charges arose from an investigation by the Carter County Sheriff’s Office, the Ardmore Police Department, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.  The manslaughter charge arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On April 7, 2022, Girty pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.  At the plea hearing, he admitted that on July 14, 2020, law enforcement executed a search warrant at his residence in Carter County and found three handguns, ammunition, and baggies containing approximately 35 grams of methamphetamine.  He further admitted he intended to distribute some of the methamphetamine seized during the search and that he was a convicted felon and knew he could not possess firearms.

On June 10, 2022, Girty pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in Indian Country.  At the plea hearing, Girty admitted that on July 31, 2021, he was drinking at a friend’s home.  Girty and a passenger left in Girty’s pickup.  Girty lost control and flipped the pickup killing the passenger.  The crime occurred in Carter County, within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation Reservation and within the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Jodi W. Dishman, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, sitting by assignment, presided over the hearing in Muskogee.  Girty will remain in custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve the non-paroleable sentences of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorneys Kevin Gross and T. Cameron McEwen represented the United States.