McAlester Man Sentenced To 269 Months For Irish Mob Drug Conspiracy

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that DAVID DEAN CAGLE, age 33, of McAlester, Oklahoma was sentenced to 269 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(l) and 841(b)(1)(A).

The charge is a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and coordinated by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) of the Eastern District of Oklahoma.  OCDETF is an initiative led and coordinated by the United States Attorney’s Office.

The Investigation revealed that while incarcerated from May 29, 2008, until the date of his indictment, in April, 2015, CAGLE, a member of a criminal gang known as the Irish Mob, was the head of a Drug Trafficking Organization operating from within the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma.  While incarcerated, the defendant used his connections within the Irish Mob to obtain cell phones, and would then coordinate the acquisition of approximately 14.5 kilograms of methamphetamine which was ultimately distributed to others outside of the prison system.

The Superseding Indictment alleged that beginning in or about July 2014, the exact date being unknown to the Grand Jury, and continuing until on or about the date of the Indictment, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere, the defendants did knowingly and intentionally conspire, confederate and agree together and with others, known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) and 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing.  The defendant will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending transportation to the designated federal facility at which he will serve his nonparolable sentence.

Assistant United States Attorney Shannon Henson represented the United States.