OMAHA, Neb. -- A 42-year-old Macy man was sentenced to federal prison on Friday, a punishment that will follow a state prison sentence from a 2021 conviction.

U.S. Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Allen L. Webster was sentenced to 70 months in prison after being convicted of charges as a felon in possession of a firearm. 

Webster was also sentenced on September 21, 2021, in Douglas County District Court, to five to eight years in prison following his conviction for theft by receiving stolen property. Following his release from state prison, Webster will begin serving his federal sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.  After his release from federal prison, he will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.

On July 4, 2019, a confidential informant identified Webster as someone offering to sell a gun. The next day, law enforcement recorded a telephone call between the informant and Webster confirming the transaction would occur at an Omaha parking lot. 

Law enforcement watched Webster drive into a parking lot to speak with the informant. Webster did not have the gun with him, so he left. He returned a short time later and sold the informant a .38 caliber handgun.   

Webster had previously been convicted of failure to register as a sex offender and felon in possession of a firearm.