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Drugs and firearms charges add up to a 210-month federal prison sentence for McAlester repeat offender

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MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Richard Allen Rollings, age 57, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 210 months each for two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and 180 months for one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, to be served concurrently.


Rollings was also sentenced to an additional 60 months for one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, which will be served consecutive to his other sentences. On January 10, 2024, Rollings pleaded guilty to two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, two counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.


According to investigators, in January of 2023, the Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at Rollings’ residence south of McAlester.  Deputies found over 400 grams of pure methamphetamine and multiple firearms, along with numerous rounds of ammunition.  


In June of 2023, DEA agents returned to Rollings’ residence to serve a federal arrest warrant, observed evidence of additional narcotics violations, and obtained another search warrant.  Agents found over 2.8 kilograms of pure methamphetamine, eleven additional firearms, numerous rounds of ammunition, and over $1,800 in cash.


Rollings was previously convicted and served time for multiple felony charges.  In 1988, the State of Oklahoma convicted Rollings of Possession of a Controlled Drug with Intent to Distribute Amphetamine and Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute.  


In 1999, the United States convicted Rollings in federal district court on charges of Attempt to Manufacture Methamphetamine, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.



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