Hughes County Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearm Crime

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Lucas James Mitchell, age 36, of Lamar, Oklahoma, entered a plea of guilty to one count of Felon in Possession of Ammunition.

The Indictment alleged that on November 25, 2023, Mitchell was found in possession of a firearm and 24 rounds of ammunition after having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The Honorable Jason L. 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. Hughes was remanded into the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Michael E. Robinson represented the United States.