A Muldrow man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for one count of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition by a user of controlled substances, and 30 months for one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises.
Beau D. Morton, 42, pled guilty to the charges on June 3. The charges reportedly arose following an investiga- tion by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office.
According to investigators, on April 6, 2022, deputies with the Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office executed a search warrant on Morton’s residence in Muldrow where they discovered methamphetamine, heroin, 43 amphetamine tablets, fentanyl tablets, multiple baggies of sealed syringes, digital scales, and an AR15-style firearm with 12 loaded magazines of ammunition.
Morton’s case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.
Morton 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 nonparoleable sentence of incarceration.
