Hugo Residents Plead Guilty To Interstate Transport Of Stolen Goods

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Matthew Carl Wilson, age 38, and Candice Marie Logan, age 35, of Hugo, Oklahoma, entered guilty pleas to one count of Interstate Transportation of Stolen Goods, punishable by up to ten years imprisonment.

The Indictment alleged that on January 16, 2024, Wilson and Logan transported stolen industrial radio equipment valued at $5,000 or more in interstate commerce from Hugo, Oklahoma, to Paris, Texas, knowing the equipment was stolen, converted, and taken by fraud.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Choctaw County Sheriff’s Department, and the Paris, Texas Police Department.

The Honorable Jason A. Robertson, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the pleas and ordered the completion of presentence investigation reports.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentences to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Wilson and Logan will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacob R. Parker represented the United States.