An Augusta man with a history of violent crime has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for possessing guns.
Todd Joseph Harbuck 48, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia Jill E. Steinberg said.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge J. Randal Hall sentenced Harbuck to 188 months in prison. The sentence included two additional years for Harbuck’s violating terms of his supervised release after a prior federal sentence, according to a statement.
There is no parole in the federal system, and Harbuck will serve five years of supervised release after his prison term.
“Todd Harbuck’s disturbing record of violent attacks on women and public safety officers and illegal drug use makes it abundantly clear he is danger to society,” Steinberg said.
Responding to a July 2022 domestic violence report in Grovetown, Columbia County sheriff’s deputies found Harbuck’s ex-girlfriend with a head wound and a bite mark on her arm. Harbuck had threatened to shoot her, struck her in the head with a pistol and took her gun, prosecutors said. He shoved a neighbor who came to her defense, pointed a gun at her and fired it in the air as he left.
Harbuck served a prior federal sentence that began in 2008 for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He has prior state felonies of stabbing a loss prevention officer, attacking a Medical College of Georgia police officer who attempted to arrest him and firing a gun at McCormick County, S.C. deputies during a chase.
