Date: 10-11-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. James Buchannon Wiyninger

Case Number: 5:23-cr-00415

Judge: John D. Russell

Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (Tulsa County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Oklahoma City

Defendant's Attorney:

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Meth and Fentanyl Conspiracy
Last of Three Men Sentenced for Meth and Fentanyl Conspiracy

JAMES BUCHANNON WIYNINGER, 50, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to serve 80 months in federal prison for drug conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

On February 8, 2024, James Buchannon Wiyninger, age 50, of Oklahoma City, was charged by Superseding Information for his role in a drug conspiracy involving approximately 70 pounds of methamphetamine and four pounds of fentanyl. According to public record, on September 6, 2023, a Wheeler County, Texas Sheriff’s deputy initiated a traffic stop on I-40 of a vehicle occupied by CARLOS ALREDO HERRERA-JIMENEZ, 30, and ARTURO NAJERA-TORRES, 28. Inside the vehicle, law enforcement located two trash bags with the approximately 70 pounds of methamphetamine and four pounds of fentanyl inside. Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) were able to determine that the drugs were meant to be delivered to a location in Oklahoma City. DEA agents thereafter delivered the drugs as planned to a pickup and another vehicle at an Oklahoma City hotel on September 7, 2023. Law enforcement then followed those vehicles to a metro address, where they arrested Wiyninger without incident.

The driver of the other vehicle, JERRY WARD, 53, rammed his vehicle into an Oklahoma Highway Patrol car and tried to flee the scene. Authorities were able to disable Ward’s car, and he was arrested shortly after.

Wiyninger, Ward, and Jimenez all pleaded guilty to individual superseding informations, charging each of them with drug conspiracy.


This case is the result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Travis Leverett is prosecuting the case.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 80 months in federal prison

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