MUSKOGEE – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that William Herr, a/k/a Yangyee Her, age 41, of Stigler, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Information of one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, punishable by not less than five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Information alleged that on December 16, 2024, Herr knowingly and intentionally possessed less than 50 kilograms of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance, with intent to distribute it. The Information further alleged that on December 16, 2024, Herr knowingly possessed a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, that being Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana as charged in Count One of the Information.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Haskell County Sheriff ’s Department, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The Honorable Judge Jason A. Robertson, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Herr was remanded into the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Olivia Staubus and Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Cornell represented the United States.