MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that GRIFFIN MICHAEL SKYLER TAYLOR, age 31, of Grand Terrace, California, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2); to 24 months imprisonment for AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1028A(1), to be served consecutively.
The Information alleged that on or about April 14, 2016, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant, having been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, did knowingly possess in and affecting commerce, a firearm which had been shipped and transported in interstate commerce.
The Information further alleged that the defendant, knowingly possessed, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person during and in relation to a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(1).
The charges arose from an investigation by the Sallisaw Police Department, the Fort Smith (Arkansas) Police Department, and the United States Secret Service.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing. The defendant will remain in custody pending transportation to the designated federal facility at which the nonparoleable sentence will be served.
Assistant United States Attorney Dean Burris represented the United States.
--DOJ Eastern District of Oklahoma