Skip to main content
Press Release

Okmulgee County Resident Pleads Guilty To Distributing Methamphetamine

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joseph Michael Harrison, age 43, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to two counts of Distribution of Methamphetamine, punishable by a term of not less than 10 years in prison, and a $10,000,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that on April 12, 2024, and again on July 11, 2024, Harrison knowingly and intentionally distributed 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.

The Honorable D. Edward Snow, 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.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Harrison will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Olivia Staubus represented the United States.

Updated November 21, 2025

Topic
Drug Trafficking