Jerry Drake Varnell is an American resident of Sayre, Oklahoma. ^{[0] [1]}

He attended Shawnee High School (Oklahoma).

On August 12, 2017, Varnell was arrested early Saturday morning after a failed attempt to detonate a fake bomb packed into what he believed was a stolen cargo van outside a bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ^{[1] [0]}

Over the course of a months-long undercover investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Varnell made repeated statements about the extent of his hatred of the federal government. ^{[0] [1]}

In one conversation he stated that he believed in the Three Percenters ideology, a form of anti-government activism that pledges resistance against the United States government on the belief it has infringed on the constitution. ^{[0] [1]}