Muskogee Resident Sentenced For Illegally Possessing Firearm And Ammunition

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Scott Alan Bahe, age 42, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to twenty-one months in prison for one count of Felon in Possession of Ammunition, and twenty-one months for one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition.  The Court ordered the sentences to run concurrently to one another.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Muskogee Police Department.

On April 9, 2025, Bahe pleaded guilty to the charges.  According to investigators, on December 23, 2024, as officers conducted a routine stop for a traffic violation, Bahe became uncooperative, ignored commands to stop, and attempted to evade officers by turning into a nearby alley.  Officers took Bahe into custody and discovered 39 rounds of assorted 9mm Luger caliber ammunition inside Bahe’s backpack.  Officers conducting a sweep of the alley recovered a loaded 9mm Lugar caliber semi-automatic pistol.   At the time of the stop, Bahe had been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.  On May 26, 2021, the department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

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.  Bahe 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 Lewis M. Reagan represented the United States.