Stilwell Resident Sentenced For Illegally Possessing Ammunition

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Zachary Thomas Carson, a/k/a Zach Thomas Carson, age 36, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for one count of Felon in Possession of Ammunition.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the District 27 Drug Task Force, the Stilwell Police Department, and the Adair County Sheriff's Office.

On June 10, 2025, Carson pleaded guilty to the charge. According to investigators, on April 21, 2025, law enforcement officers conducting a traffic stop discovered Carson in possession of 255 rounds of .22 caliber ammunition, one round of .22 caliber hornet ammunition, one spent casing, and two rifle magazines containing 40 rounds of ammunition. At the time of the stop, Carson had been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Carson will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacob R. Parker represented the United States.