McIntosh County Residents Sentenced For Federal Drug Crimes

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Doyle Lee Lafavor, age 53, and Jerry Eugene Teafatiller, age 40, both of Checotah, Oklahoma, were sentenced for federal drug charges. Lafavor was sentenced to 84 months in prison for one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and Teafatiller was sentenced to 60 months for one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

The charges arose from investigations by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office, and the District 25 District Attorney's Office Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.

On October 11, 2023, Teafatiller pleaded guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. On October 12, 2023, Lafavor pleaded guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. According to investigators, during a traffic stop on April 17, 2023, law enforcement located approximately 430 grams of methamphetamine in a large plastic bag on the backseat floorboard and over 30 grams of methamphetamine on the center console of a vehicle occupied by Lafavor and Teafatiller.

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 hearings. Lafavor and Teafatiller will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve non-paroleable sentences of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorney Erin Cornell represented the United States.