Wagoner Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearms Crimes

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tyson Gene Goins, age 21, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession of a Stolen Firearm, punishable by up to ten years in prison and a $250,000.00 fine, and one count of Illegal Receipt of a Firearm by a Person Under Indictment or Information, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000.00 fine.

The Indictment charged Goins with knowingly possessing two semi-automatic pistols on April 19, 2025, knowing and having reasonable cause that the firearms were stolen.

The Indictment also alleged that on April 6, 2025, Goins received the same two firearms while under Indictment and Information for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Checotah Police Department.

The Honorable D. Edward Snow, 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.

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

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan E. Soverly and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Olivia Staubus represented the United States.