Texas Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Charge

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Darlene Ruelas Flores, a/k/a Darlene Sheppard, age 44, of San Antonio, Texas, entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl.

The Indictment alleged that on May 30, 2024, Flores knowingly and intentionally possessed 400 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, with the intent to distribute it.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police Department.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, 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.  Flores will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard J. Lorenz represented the United States.