Date: 02-23-2016

Case Style: United States of America v. Michael Dangelo Johson and Lacey Sharell Freeman

Case Number: 6:15-cr-00062-JHP

Judge: James H. Payne

Court: United States district Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (Muskogee County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Dean Burris

Defendant's Attorney: Janice W. Purcell for Lacey Freeman

Robert Ridenour - FPD for Michael Johnson

Description: Muskogee, OK - Hugo Man, Woman Sentenced For Firearm Possession And Methamphetamine Distribution

MICHAEL DANGELO JOHNSON, age 27, and LACEY SHARELL FREEMAN, age 27, both of Hugo, Oklahoma, were sentenced in federal court.

JOHNSON was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF FIREARM IN FURTHERANCE OF DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c).

FREEMAN was sentenced to 32 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).

The charges are a result of an investigation by the Choctaw County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The defendants were indicted in August, 2015 and pled guilty in September, 2015.

The Indictment alleged that beginning on or about June 30, 2015, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, LACEY SHARELL FREEMAN, did knowingly and intentionally possess with the intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.

It was also alleged that on or about June 30, 2015, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, MICHAEL DANGELO JOHNSON, did knowingly possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

The Honorable James H. Payne, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing. The defendants will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending transportation to the designated federal facility at which they will serve their nonparoleable sentences.

Outcome: Man Receives 60 Months, Woman Receives 32 Months

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