MACON, Georgia, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: * * * Defendant Advertised Machine Guns and Ghost Guns for Sale on Social Media * * * A Columbus resident who was advertising the sale of fully automatic weapons on social media--including ghost guns and machine guns--pleaded guilty to trafficking firearms resulting from a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation. Matthew Azor, 19, pleaded guilty to firearms traff more PR

COLUMBUS, Georgia, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: * * * Defendant is Serving a Life Sentence in State Prison for Robbery * * * A West Georgia resident with a criminal past who is currently serving a life sentence in a state prison, was sentenced to serve more than 14 years in a federal prison after he was convicted at a bench trial of firearms and drug trafficking charges. Howatdrick Jamal Jones, 32, of Woodbu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: The Justice Department announced yesterday that it filed a lawsuit (https://www.justice.gov/crt/case/united-states-v-city-brunswick-georgia-sd-ga) alleging that the City of Brunswick, Georgia, violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) through its efforts to interfere with and permanently close The Well, a faith-based resource center affiliated with the Unite more PR