Two Fort Gibson Individuals Sentenced For Drug Conspiracy

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jeremy Moore, age 41, of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 235 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A); and Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2. 

Rose Marie Myers, age 40 and also from Fort Gibson, was charged in the same indictment as Moore and sentenced to 130 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A); Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2; and Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(A). 

The charges against Moore and Myers arose from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (“OBN”), as well as the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”), the U.S. Marshal Service (“USMS”), the Muskogee Police Department (“MPD”), and the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”).

The Indictment alleged that beginning in or about June 2016, and continuing until the date of the indictment, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere, the defendants, willfully and knowingly conspired and agreed to commit the offenses against the United States of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. It further alleged than on or about May 25, 2017 the defendants knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance. 

The Indictment additionally alleged that on or about May 25, 2017, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Myers knowingly possessed a firearm – a loaded RG .38 revolver – in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime for which she may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, that is, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

United States Attorney Brian J. Kuester said, “The investigation and prosecution of Moore and Myers is a win for the communities in Eastern Oklahoma. If this duo had continued to carry out the plans of its conspiracy, thousands upon thousands more dosage units of Methamphetamine would have flowed into cities and towns in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and beyond. This office successfully prosecuted these defendants because of the ongoing joint cooperative efforts by the DEA, OBN, ATF, USMS, MPD, MCSO, and members of the United States Attorney’s Office.”

DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Richard W. Salter Jr. added, “This year-long investigation targeted an element of the United Aryan Brotherhood (UAB) prison gang, and further exposed how violent prison gang networks continue to operate with impunity from behind State Prison Walls using contraband cell phones.  The combined efforts of the Muskogee PD, Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshal, ATF, OBN, and the DEA, working in concert with the Eastern District U.S. Attorney’s Office proved successful once again in taking down yet another significant methamphetamine distribution cell operating in Eastern Oklahoma. The DEA will not relent in our efforts until our families and communities are free from this destructive poison.”  

OBN Director John Scully stated, “For the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, it is such an honor to work in collaboration with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and our other Law Enforcement partners. This collaborative effort is a great example of on-going police investigations that successfully disrupts and dismantles dangerous criminal enterprises such as this. With Defendants Moore and Myers off the streets, our communities will be safer for our children and all our citizens.”  

The Honorable Ronald A. White, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearings. Assistant United States Attorney Kristin Harrington represented the United States. The defendants will remain in custody pending transportation to the designated federal facilities at which the non-paroleable sentences will be served.