Okmulgee Resident Sentenced For Illegally Possessing Ammunition

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Sterling Ross, IV, age 32, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for one count of Felon in Possession of Ammunition.

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

On March 12, 2025, Ross pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, on April 29, 2024, Ross ran a stop sign, then attempted to evade police. Ross then led police on a high-speed chase through Okmulgee before fleeing the vehicle, leaving with the engine running and the doors open.  While securing the vehicle, police discovered a Glock magazine with 12 rounds of ammunition.  Ross had previously been convicted a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment at the time he possessed the ammunition.

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. Ross 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 Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.