A 40-year-old Alva man is headed to federal prison for six years after a violent domestic incident last summer led to a federal firearms indictment. Michael Dewayne Hebert was arrested after Alva police responded to a June 26, 2025 call in which the victim reported that he grabbed her by the throat and threatened to strangle her. Prosecutors later charged Hebert with being a felon in possession of a firearm, and court filings show he entered a guilty plea in November 2025. He was sentenced to a 72-month federal term on June 8, 2026.
According to KOKH, Hebert pleaded guilty to the felon-in-possession charge on Nov. 14, 2025, and received a 72-month sentence in federal prison. The station reported that the federal indictment came after his local arrest, which followed the late June 2025 response by Alva police to the residence.
What Police Say Happened
Local reporting and court documents state that officers were called to the 900 block of Locust Street on June 26, 2025, after a woman reported an argument at a shared residence. She told officers Hebert grabbed her by the throat and threatened to strangle her, and deputies later seized a loaded .22-caliber handgun and ammunition from the home, according to the Alva Review-Courier.
Federal Case in Oklahoma City
The case was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma as Case No. CR-25-337-D and was assigned to Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti, according to court records. Docket entries and filings reviewed on Leagle match reports that the government charged Hebert with unlawful possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and that he later entered a guilty plea.
How the Law Treats Felons With Guns
Federal law bars people with felony convictions from possessing firearms under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), as reflected in the statute text at the Legal Information Institute. Violations of subsection (g) can carry prison terms of up to 15 years. Prosecutors in the Western District of Oklahoma have recently highlighted a focus on firearms cases that involve violent criminal histories and domestic incidents, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Local Context
Court records and local reporting indicate that Hebert has multiple prior felony convictions related to domestic abuse and assault, a pattern that appears to have influenced prosecutors' decision to pursue the federal charge, the Alva Review-Courier reported. With a six-year federal term, Hebert will serve a substantial stretch in federal custody and may face supervised-release conditions once his prison sentence is complete.
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