Category: Georgia – Middle District
High-Volume Heroin Supplier to Middle Georgia Sentenced to Prison | USAO-MDGA
MACON, Ga. – The primary supplier of a heroin distribution ring operating between Atlanta and Macon, which funneled up to 30,000 doses of heroin into the region in three months,…
Macon Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Children He Met Online | USAO-MDGA
MACON, Ga. – A Macon resident convicted of child sexual exploitation for coercing multiple juveniles to send him sexually explicit and pornographic images and videos of themselves was sentenced to serve…
Reptile Dealer Pleads Guilty to Illegally Trafficking Vipers, Gun Charges | USAO-MDGA
VALDOSTA, Ga. – A Florida reptile dealer pleaded guilty to shipping venomous snakes and turtles from his residence in Valdosta as part of “Operation Middleman,” a multi-agency investigation focusing on the…
Indictments Unsealed in Athens-Atlanta FBI Safe Streets Investigation | USAO-MDGA
ATHENS, Ga. – 13 individuals are federally charged resulting from an ongoing FBI Safe Streets Gang Task Force investigation into an organization of alleged drug traffickers and violent offenders in Athens-Clarke…
Jury Convicts Two-Time Bank Robber | USAO-MDGA
MACON, Ga. – A federal jury convicted a Lizella, Georgia, resident for bank robbery a week after being released from federal prison for previously robbing a bank. Wesley Sorrow, 50,…
Georgia Resident Convicted for Distributing Drugs Through the U.S. Mail | USAO-MDGA
VALDOSTA, Ga. – A federal jury convicted a Nashville, Georgia, resident today for attempting to distribute methamphetamine through the U.S. Mail. Darren J. McCormick, 33, was found guilty of one…
Final Defendant from “Open-Air” Illegal Drug Market Case Pleads Guilty | USAO-MDGA
ALBANY, Ga. – The final defendant involved in a high-volume drug trafficking operation pleaded guilty to his crime. Eddie Houston, 43, of McDonough, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to…
Middle District of Georgia Public Service Campaign Earns International Recognition for Social Impact | USAO-MDGA
MACON, Ga. – Local honorees of an international media award—including a U.S. District Judge, an Assistant U.S. Attorney and the Executive Director of the Public Defender’s Office serving the Middle…
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to CARES Act PPP Fraud | USAO-MDGA
VALDOSTA, Ga. – A Georgia man pleaded guilty to money laundering after he filed for PPP loans amounting to more than $2.6 million under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic…
Violent Career Offender Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison | USAO-MDGA
MACON, Ga. – A career offender with a violent criminal history was sentenced to serve more than 12 years in federal prison resulting from his arrest for distributing illegal narcotics while…
