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Holdenville Man Pleads Guilty To Firearm Theft

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Nathaniel Nathan Nash, age 18, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Theft Of A Firearm From A Federal Firearms Licensee’s Inventory, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(u) and 924(i)(1), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both. 

The Indictment alleges that on or about April 10, 2019, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant did knowingly steal, take, and carry away from Easy Pawn Shop, the premises of a person who is licensed to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, and dealing in firearms, a firearm in the licensee’s business inventory which had been shipped and transported in interstate commerce. 

The charges arose from an investigation by the Holdenville Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The Honorable Steven P. Shreder, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.    

Assistant United States Attorney Sarah McAmis represented the United States.

Updated August 21, 2019

Topic
Firearms Offenses