United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

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North Carolina Residents Sentenced For Federal Drug Crime

Press Release

North Carolina Residents Sentenced For Federal Drug Crime

Friday, August 30, 2024
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that two North Carolina residents, Teon Raynard Robbins, age 45, and Antwon Marquise Williams, age 33, were sentenced for federal drug charges. Robbins was sentenced to 292 months in prison and Williams was sentenced to 78 months in prison for federal drug possession and distribution charges.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

On November 29, 2023, Williams pleaded guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

On December 4, 2024, Robbins pleaded guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

According to investigators, on March 1, 2023, law enforcement stopped Robbins and Williams for speeding on Interstate 40 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. During a search of the car, officers found over 40 kilograms of methamphetamine, packaged in 100 Ziplock-type bags inside three duffle bags in the back seat.

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 in Muskogee, Robbins and Williams 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 at sentencing.

Updated September 17, 2024
Topic
Drug Trafficking