Ardmore Resident Sentenced For Federal Firearm Charge

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Pete Allen Knight, Jr., age 40, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 47 months in prison for one count of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On December 18, 2023, Knight pleaded guilty to one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition.  According to investigators, on July 17, 2023, Knight knowingly possessed a firearm and 45 rounds of ammunition after having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  Knight will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.