Seven Augusta men await prison for guns

STEWART, ISAAC WILFORD - 08/04/2022 - Hold for Other Agency

Date: June 13, 2023

Seven Augusta men await prison time on federal gun charges.

Project Safe Neighborhoods, a collaboration between federal, state and local law enforcement, targets convicted felons who illegally carry guns.

Isaac Wilford Stewart, 23, of Augusta, was indicted during the June term of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Stewart has a prior conviction for burglary.

Augusta men recently sentenced for gun possession by a felon include:

Titus Nathaniel Travis, 23, was sentenced to 70 months in prison and fined $1,500. Travis was on probation when Richmond County Sheriff’s Office deputies, FBI agents and officers from the Georgia Department of Community Supervision found two pistols and a rifle at his residence. Travis is a member of a Bloods-affiliated criminal street gang.

Kevon Quantae Davis, 23, was sentenced to 46 months in prison and fined $1,500. A member of the Bolt Alley Drive Boyz, Davis dropped a pistol while running on foot from deputies.

Amir Dontell Foreman, 27, was sentenced to five years’ probation and fined $1,200. Richmond County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Foreman in August 2022 after finding a pistol in his vehicle during a traffic stop as part of Operation Grace.

Augusta men awaiting sentencing on federal gun charges include:

Lyondo Larell Ware, AKA “China,” 43, was on felony probation when Richmond County deputies found a loaded pistol while searching his residence in September 2021.

Tavares L. Freeman Jr., 22, of Augusta, was seen tossing a pistol from a window of his home when authorities arrived to conduct a search of the residence.

Todd Joseph Harbuck, 47, of Augusta, was arrested on an outstanding Columbia County domestic violence warrant. Harbuck had a previous conviction for gun possession.

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