McAlester Resident Pleads Guilty To Distributing Fentanyl

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dereak Lee Eubanks, age 33, of McAlester, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to two counts of Distribution of Fentanyl, punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000.

The superseding indictment alleged that on October 20, 2022, and again on January 19, 2023, Eubanks distributed fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance.

The charges arose from an investigation by the McAlester Resident Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

According to court documents, Eubanks sold counterfeit Roxicodone (M30) tablets containing fentanyl to an undercover DEA special agent on two occasions in McAlester, Oklahoma.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, 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.  Eubanks will remain in custody of the U.S. Marshal pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Zachary W. Parsons represented the United States.