Pilot caught with 100 pounds of meth at Tulsa airport sentenced in federal court
Badlands Justice McNally, 32, will serve six years in prison. He admitted he flew money and guns to California, returning with duffel bags he said were "probably not marijuana." Badlands Justice McNally, a 32-year-old pilot caught with more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine after landing a private plane in Tulsa, will serve six years in federal prison and five years of post-custody supervision. McNally was arrested at Jones Riverside Airport in 2021 after he piloted a plane from Lake Havasu City, Arizona. After McNally landed in Tulsa for a pilot certification inspection, federal agents attempted to conduct a search for drugs. They found two duffel bags containing the meth along with two pistols and a rifle. McNally allegedly told investigators that he had made seven or eight similar trips for which he was paid between $7,000 and $12,000.
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A man caught with more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine after landing a private plane in Tulsa will spend six years in federal prison.
Badlands Justice McNally, 32, who was sentenced Monday in Tulsa federal court, will also serve five years of post-custody supervision, according to court records.
McNally was arrested at Jones Riverside Airport on March 16, 2021, after he piloted a plane to Tulsa from Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
After McNally landed in Tulsa, federal agents, who had been alerted about the flight, attempted to conduct a pilot certification inspection of McNally, according to court records.
Asked whether anyone had asked him to transport anything for them, McNally reportedly became defensive and refused a request to search the plane, according to court records.
Before investigators could finish explaining that they were not “overly concerned” about marijuana, McNally said, “It’s probably not marijuana in there,” according to court records.
“I don’t want to get my head chopped off,” he reportedly added.
After that, a Tulsa police officer had a police dog sniff the plane in a search for drugs, and the dog pointed them in the direction of the cargo door, according to the affidavit.
Investigators later discovered two duffel bags containing the meth along with two pistols and a rifle.
McNally later allegedly told investigators that he had made seven or eight similar trips in the past, for which he was paid between $7,000 and $12,000.
McNally told investigators that he would fly money and guns from Tulsa to airports in California and then return with the duffel bags, which he claimed he never looked to see what was inside them.
McNally pleaded guilty Oct. 6, 2021, without a plea agreement with prosecutors to one count of possession of more than 500 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime, according to court records.
Topics: Methamphetamine