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Pembroke man pleads guilty to drugs and firearms charges
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Dillon Cole Gay, 28, of Pembroke awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute, and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Georgia.

 Pooler Police officers arrested Gay Oct. 19, 2021 after finding a pistol and drugs in his possession during a traffic stop. 

Gay was named in the press release, which also included several other Georgia residents. The indicted cases are being investigated as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods in collaboration with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration, in an ongoing effort to reduce violent crime with measures that included targeting those who illegally possess firearms.

Defendants named in federal indictments from the February 2022 term of the U.S. District Court grand jury include:

  • Thomas Kevin Robinson, 51, of College Park, Ga., charged with Interference with Commerce by Robbery; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence; and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon;
  • Johnathon Emanuel McGahee, 24, of Thomson, Ga., charged with Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute; Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime;
  • Jonathan McGregor, 46, of Woodbine, Ga., charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 or More Grams of Methamphetamine and a Quantity of Heroin; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime; and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon;
  • Deon McWhorter, 36, of Brunswick, charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl, and 5 Grams or More of Methamphetamine; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime; and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon;
  • Jonathan Bennett Capece, 53, of Dublin, Ga., charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime; and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon;
  • Akil Shawron Brown, 21, of Savannah, charged with Receipt of a Firearm by a Person Under Indictment; and,
  • Jaleel Keron Frazier, 36, of Savannah, charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.

 

Criminal indictments contain only charges; defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Additional defendants recently have been adjudicated on federal charges that include illegal firearms possession:

  • William Thomas Nealous III, 30, of Martinez, was sentenced to 52 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. Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies found Nealous with an AR-15 style rifle in his vehicle July 2, 2020, while investigating reports of a man driving slowly through a neighborhood. Nealous was on probation for a prior felony conviction at the time of the arrest.
  • Christopher Lewis Tucker Jr., 22, of Thomson, Ga., sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and fined $1,500 after pleading guilty to False Statement During Purchase of a Firearm. Thomson Police officers investigating a shooting in April 2021 learned through an ATF investigation that Tucker had illegally purchased a pistol from a Thomson pawn shop. Tucker claimed the pistol had been stolen, but Harlem Police officers found the pistol in Tucker’s possession during a July 2021 traffic stop.
  • Sundiadaa Miller, 33, of Savannah, was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Miller, who has a prior state felony conviction for armed robbery, was arrested in January 2020 by Savannah Police officers after he was found in possession of a pistol.
  • Tavaris Kexon Ramsey, 43, an inmate at the Colquitt County Correctional Institute in Moultrie, Ga., awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Ramsey was charged in August 2021 as part of the Operation Wynner Storm drug trafficking investigation in Wilkes County.

Agencies investigating these cases include the ATF, the FBI, the DEA, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Georgia State Patrol, the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, the Savannah Police Department, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, the Brunswick Police Department, the Kingsland Police Department, the Dublin Police Department, the Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office, and the McDuffie County Sheriff’s Office.

The cases are being prosecuted for the United States by Southern District U.S. Attorney’s Office Assistant U.S. Attorneys, including John P. Harper III and Noah J. Abrams, Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Darron J. Hubbard and Timothy Ruffini, with firearms forfeitures coordinated through the Southern District of Georgia U.S. Attorney’s Office Asset Forfeiture Unit.



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