Cherokee County Resident Pleads Guilty To Illegally Possessing Firearms And Ammunition

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Patrick Lee Stanfill, age 62, of Cookson, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Superseding Indictment charged Stanfill with knowingly possessing one 9mm Luger, semi-automatic rifle, one .22 caliber, semi-automatic rifle, 10 rounds of assorted 9mm Luger caliber ammunition, one round of 9mm Luger caliber ammunition, 110 rounds of assorted 7.62x39mm caliber ammunition, eight rounds of assorted .22 caliber ammunition, and 191 rounds of assorted .22 caliber ammunition on July 31, 2026, after having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The Honorable D. Edward Snow, 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.

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

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristin Knutson represented the United States.