Stilwell Resident Pleads Guilty To Illegally Possessing Ammunition

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jimmy Joe Johnson, age 30, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Felon in Possession of Ammunition, punishable by up to fifteen years in prison and a $250,000.00 fine.

The Indictment charged Johnson with knowingly possessing eighteen rounds of ammunition on March 14, 2025, after having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

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

The Honorable Jason A. Robertson, 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.

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

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lewis M. Reagan and Jacob R. Parker represented the United States.