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USAO Press Release on September 23, 2025

ALBANY, Ga. – A repeat felon with a violent criminal past was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm resulting from an Operation Take Back America investigation.

Brandon Michael Slachta, 36, of Albany, was sentenced as an armed career criminal to serve 180…


USAO Press Release on September 19, 2025

Savannah man sentenced to 37 months imprisonment for the illegal possession of a machinegun

SAVANNAH, GA: Javon Edwards (31) of Savannah, Georgia, pled guilty to the Illegal Possession of a Machinegun in April 2025…


USAO Press Release on September 19, 2025

Atlanta – Dontrell Lamar Brown, a three-time convicted felon, was arraigned in federal court earlier today on charges related to his alleged distribution of large amounts of “purple” fentanyl and possession of numerous firearms in his Midtown Atlanta condominium. Brown’s girlfriend, Karleah…


USAO Press Release on September 19, 2025

SAVANNAH, GA: Ra’Quavius Rawls (24) of Savannah, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.

On July 24, 2024, officers with the Savannah Police Department responded to an…

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