Tahlequah Resident Sentenced For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jeffery Glenn Bocephus Robinson, age 33, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 38 months in prison for possessing a firearm after being convicted previously of a felony offense.

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

On June 13, 2023, Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm.  According to investigators, on or about November 28, 2022, Robinson possessed a .22 rifle after having been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, and despite knowing of such conviction.

The Honorable Keith Starrett, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, sitting by assignment, presided over the hearings in Muskogee.  Robinson will remain in custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorney Edith Singer represented the United States.