Four men from the Augusta area have recently been sentenced or are awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to federal firearm charges.
In the past four years, more than 725 defendants have been federally charged in the Southern District of Georgia for illegal firearms offenses – most often for possessing a firearm after conviction for a felony, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office Friday.
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They are:
Damario Antron Williams, 35, of Augusta, was sentenced 28 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and fined $1,500 after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Richmond County Sheriff’s deputies investigating a reported disturbance at an Augusta residence arrested Williams Jan. 16, 2021, when they found him with a pistol in his pocket.
- James Ricardo Harris, 29, of Augusta, awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Harris was arrested in May 2019 when Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies found him in possession of a pistol during a traffic stop.
- Demont Latrell Gresham, 33, of Washington, also awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Gresham ran from Wilkes County Sheriff’s Deputies and Georgia State Patrol troopers in July 2020 when they attempted to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. Gresham was arrested in August 2020 when located by Wilkes County deputies.
- David McCain III, 35, of Hephzibah, Ga., awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. He was arrested on New Year’s Day 2020 when Richmond County Sheriff’s deputies investigating reports of celebratory gunfire found McCain, a convicted felon, in possession of an AR-15 style rifle with a high-capacity magazine.
“As we continue to focus on the reduction of violent crime in the Southern District, we applaud the work of our law enforcement partners in removing guns illegally possessed by convicted felons,” said David H. Estes, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. “Protecting the safety of our citizens is of paramount importance.”
