McCurtain County Resident Sentenced For Federal Drug Crime

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Anna Marie Scoles, age 38, of Valliant, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

On April 2, 2025, Scoles pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, on August 4, 2024, a trooper conducting a traffic stop on Old Golden Highway in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, discovered Scoles in possession of a large bag of white crystalline substance.  In total, Scoles possessed over 76 grams of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, which she intended to distribute.

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. Scoles 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. Attorney Richard J. Lorenz represented the United States.