Henryetta Resident Pleads Guilty To Making Threatening Interstate Communications

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Mance Van Orsdol, a/k/a Jason Mance VanOrsdol, age 47, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Interstate Transmission of Threatening Communications, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that on September 24, 2025, Van Orsdol knowingly and willfully transmitted a communication containing a threat to injure the person of another by means of interstate commerce.

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

The Honorable Jason A. Robertson, 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.

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

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.