Miami Resident Sentenced to 5 Years for Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine in Oklahoma

A Miami resident, identified as Dimitri Antoine-Zacharia Grant, has been sentenced to five years in prison on a federal drug charge. Grant, age 26, faced the charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to a recent statement by the Eastern District of Oklahoma's U.S. Attorney's Office.

Investigators, including Homeland Security Investigations, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office, built the case that led to Grant's conviction. The arrest was a consequence of a routine traffic stop gone awry for Grant on May 8, 2023. Upon being pulled over for a traffic violation, a search by a Sequoyah County deputy unearthed a large cache of drugs, specifically around 6,900 grams—over 15 pounds—of methamphetamine.

The meth was packaged in seven clear baggies and stashed across three backpacks, as recounted by the U.S. Attorney's Office. Grant entered a guilty plea to the possession charge on May 14. The sentencing hearing took place with U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, from the Western District of Washington sitting by assignment, at the helm in Muskogee.

Grant's defense, led by his attorneys, faced off against Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Howanitz, who represented the federal government in the conviction of Grant. Post-hearing, Grant has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshal, his days counting down to a transfer to a yet-undesignated United States Bureau of Prisons facility where he will serve a non-paroleable sentence.