Hugo Resident Sentenced For Federal Drug Conspiracy

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jerry Lana Freeman, a/k/a Lil’ Jerry, age 33, of Hugo, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 224 months in prison for one count of Drug Conspiracy.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Hugo Police Department, and the Durant Police Department.

On September 16, 2024, Freeman pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, from June 16, 2023, until July 17, 2024, Freeman willfully conspired with others to possess and distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.

“The community is better off with Jerry Freeman off the streets and his supply of methamphetamine disrupted.  Over 18 years in the federal penitentiary should dissuade anyone else considering Jerry’s line of work to reconsider.  ATF remains committed to working with our law enforcement partners to keep illegal substances out of our communities and investigating those responsible” stated ATF Special Agent in Charge Bennie Mims.

“This sentence is a message to all drug traffickers who put methamphetamine on our streets and line their pockets with dirty money,” said Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division.  “Our neighborhoods are safer by holding people accountable with sentences like this.”

“The U.S. Attorney’s Office will aggressively investigate and prosecute individuals and criminal organizations distributing illegal narcotics in the Eastern District of Oklahoma,” said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson.  “Methamphetamine continues to plague families and communities, and through the cooperative work of law enforcement our goal is to hold offenders accountable for the misery their actions cause.”

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  Freeman will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua Satter and Rachel Geizura represented the United States.