The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that Jason Dale Cole, age 46, of Okmulgee, was found guilty at trial by a federal jury on ten counts of federal drug and firearm charges.
At trial, the federal jury found Cole guilty of:
• Two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine • One count of Possession of a Machine Gun
• Two counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm
• Two counts of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime
• One count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana
• One count of Possession of Unregistered Firearm
• One count of Maintaining Drug Involved Premises The jury trial began with testimony on September 29, and concluded on Oct. 1, with the guilty verdicts.
During the trial, the United States presented evidence that in the early hours of Nov. 18, 2023, an OHP trooper conducting a traffic stop discovered Cole in possession of two loaded pistols – one with a machine gun conversion device – and over 50 grams of methamphetamine individually packaged for distribution.
The United States also presented evidence of a search conducted later that same morning on Cole’s Okmulgee residence. There, law enforcement officers serving a search warrant found over 500 grams of methamphetamine and a large quantity of marijuana, both federally controlled substances, as well as scales covered in a crystal residue that later tested positive for methamphetamine, approximately $12,000 in cash, a money counting machine, seven firearms, and five unregistered silencers.
The guilty verdicts were the result of investigations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
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 trial in Muskogee and ordered the completion of a pre-sentence report. The sentencing will be scheduled following completion of the report. Cole will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals until sentencing.
