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Spiro Resident Pleads Guilty To Possessing An Unregistered Firearm

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 Bryant Dewayne Underwood, age 36, of Spiro, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession of An Unregistered Firearm.

The Indictment alleged that on October 26, 2023, Underwood knowingly possessed one 5.56 NATO (.223) caliber, short-barreled rifle which was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office.

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

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jarrod Leaman and Edith Singer represented the United States.

Updated January 15, 2025

Topic
Firearms Offenses