Seminole Resident Sentenced For Federal Firearm Crime

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Byron Keith Spencer, age 54, of Seminole, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 92 months in prison for one count of Possession of Stolen Firearm.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Wewoka Police Department, the District 22 Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

On June 9, 2025, Spencer pleaded guilty to the charge in federal district court. According to investigators, on May 9, 2023, law enforcement conducting a traffic stop in Wewoka discovered Spencer in possession of a Walther PK380 .380 handgun previously reported as stolen. At the time of the offense, Spencer knew or had reasonable cause to believe the firearm had been stolen.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Senior Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Spencer will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jonathan E. Soverly and Edith A. Singer represented the United States.