Okmulgee Resident Sentenced For Possessing A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jerry Jason Rice, age 65, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.

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

On November 4, 2025, Rice pleaded guilty to the charge. According to investigators, on January 18, 2025, law enforcement discovered Rice in possession of a .38 Special caliber revolver as well as quantities of fentanyl, marijuana, and methamphetamine, which Rice possessed with the intent to distribute.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Senior Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  Rice 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 Chuck Sullivan represented the United States.