Muskogee Resident Plead Guilty To Federal Drug Charges

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Christian Deion Larance Smith, age 27, and Kaleel Montrel Smith, age 26, both of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine.

The Indictment alleged that on July 25, 2024, the defendants knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute substances containing detectable amounts of methamphetamine and substances containing detectable amounts of cocaine, Schedule II controlled substances.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, the Muskogee Police Department, the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Department, and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Police Department.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.  Kaleel Smith was remanded into the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.  Christian Smith will remain out on bond pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jordan Howanitz represented the United States.