Tag: Project Safe Neighborhoods

Davenport Gunman Gets 4.5 Years – Prior Convictions Seal Fate
A Davenport man with a history of drug offenses is trading the streets for a federal cell after receiving a 54-month sentence for illegally possessing firearms. Gregory Francis Young, III, 27, learned his fate on March 12, 2026, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of weapons – a charge that carries significant…

Run & Gun: Felon Gets 7.5 Years for Bettendorf Bust
Bettendorf, Iowa – Cedrick Dequn Willingham, 39, will spend the next 7.5 years in a federal prison cell after leading police on a frantic chase and then being found armed despite a lengthy criminal record. The Davenport man received the sentence Tuesday, March 12, 2026, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of…

Memphis Woman Gets Decade for Ice & Iron in IL
Peoria, IL – Kristain Harris, 30, of Memphis, Tennessee, will spend the next ten years in a federal prison cell after being convicted of flooding Central Illinois with nearly 600 grams of high-purity methamphetamine and illegally supplying a handgun. The case, a months-long investigation dubbed an undercover operation, culminated in Harris’s sentencing this past Monday,…

Georgia Crackdown: 3 Face Charges in Gun Sweep
Discover how the collaboration between Project Safe Neighborhoods and law enforcement agencies in Georgia led to felony charges for illegal firearm possession.
