Sallisaw man sentenced to 77 months in prison
MUSKOGEE – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma says Devon Ray Gillispie, 33, of Sallisaw, was sentenced to 77 months in prison for one count of felon in possession of ammunition.
MUSKOGEE – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma says Devon Ray Gillispie, 33, of Sallisaw, was sentenced to 77 months in prison for one count of felon in possession of ammunition.
The charge arose from an investigation by the Sallisaw Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
On Oct. 15, 2024, Gillispie pleaded guilty to the charge. According to investigators, on Jan. 31, 2022, officers discovered Gillispie was in possession of 42 rounds of ammunition despite having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.
This 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. On May 26, 2021, the department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities and measuring the results.
Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Gillispie 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 non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.
