A 24-year-old man from Lithonia, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison for possessing semiautomatic Glock pistols that were illegally converted to function as fully automatic machineguns.
According to court documents, Drevion Micah Evans, of Lithonia, Georgia, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. to six years, six months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
The charges against Evans include three counts of possession of a machinegun and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
The indictment alleged that on August 15, 2022, a police officer on patrol in Chamblee, Georgia attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Evans. In response, Evans put his vehicle in reverse and attempted to flee. Evans was ultimately arrested, after which a search of his car revealed a .40 caliber pistol on the driver’s side floorboard. The pistol was loaded with an extended magazine and had been converted to fire automatically.
On October 20, 2023, Evans attempted to arrange the delivery of a second fully automatic pistol with an extended magazine to his home by hiring an Uber driver to collect a package from a Carroll County, Georgia store. The driver picked up the package but delivered it to the Carrollton Police Department after noticing an odor of marijuana emanating from the package.
Police officers searched the package and discovered 16 one-ounce bags of marijuana and the loaded, illegally modified pistol, which had been reported stolen.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the Carrollton Police Department, Chamblee Police Department, and DeKalb County Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg prosecuted the case.
Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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