Eric Wayne Lockhart, Use of Telephone to Make Bomb Threat, Oklahoma 2015

Muldrow Man Sentenced to 13 Months for Use of Telephone to Make Bomb Threat

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - A local man has been sentenced to 13 months imprisonment for using a telephone to make a bomb threat, announced the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

ERIC WAYNE LOCKHART, age 30, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 13 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for USE OF TELEPHONE TO MAKE BOMB THREAT, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(e).

The charges stem from an incident on June 15, 2015, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, where the defendant made a threat to kill, injure, and intimidate an individual by means of an explosive, in and affecting interstate commerce.

The defendant, ERIC WAYNE LOCKHART, pled guilty in October, 2015, and has been in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending transportation to the designated federal prison at which he will serve his nonparolable sentence.

Assistant United States Attorney Christopher Wilson represented the United States in the case.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.

Mandatory Facts:

Defendant/Respondent: ERIC WAYNE LOCKHART

Criminal Charges: USE OF TELEPHONE TO MAKE BOMB THREAT, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(e)

City and State: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA

Exact Date: June 15, 2015

Sentence or Outcome: 13 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release

Source: United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/pr/muldrow-man-sentenced-13-months-use-telephone-make-bomb-threat