MUSKOGEE – Michael Shaun Davis, 57, of Eufaula, was sentenced to 77 months in prison for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Friday.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Pittsburg County Sheriff ’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

On Feb. 26, Davis pleaded guilty to one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition. According to investigators, on June 15, 2023, Pittsburg County Sheriff ’s deputies recovered a 9mm semiautomatic pistol, a 12-gauge shotgun, and ammunition from Davis’s residence after executing a search warrant.

Davis possessed the firearms and ammunition despite knowing that he had been previously convicted of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

On May 26, 2021, the department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting communitybased organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Davis 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 nonparoleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin Gross and Jonathan E. Soverly represented the United States.