Tag: Project Safe Neighborhoods

Robert Schatzman, Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon, Pennsylvania 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 21-year-old Butler, Pennsylvania resident, Robert Schatzman, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for possessing a firearm despite being a convicted felon. The crime occurred in April 2025, when law enforcement executed a search warrant at Schatzman’s home and found a Glock pistol hidden in a floor air vent…

Carlos Antwon Lewis, Possession of Loaded Firearm, South Carolina 2025
⏱ 2 min read A loaded 9mm pistol with a Glock switch was found in the waistband of Carlos Antwon Lewis, a 35-year-old felon, after a traffic stop in Richland County, South Carolina. Lewis, a convicted arsonist and burglar, admitted to having the gun when questioned by a deputy. The traffic stop occurred on March…

Sequan Branch-Green, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Maryland 2024
⏱ 3 min read A convicted felon is headed to federal prison for more than seven years after being caught with a loaded ghost gun and ammunition in his vehicle in Baltimore’s Aisquith Street neighborhood. Sequan Branch-Green, 29, was stopped by Baltimore Police Department officers on January 10, 2024, who were responding to a report…

Nathanal Benoist, Violent Crime, South Dakota 2024
⏱ 2 min read On a chilly evening in November 2024, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, store owner watched in horror as a masked gunman shot out the front window and swiped a stash of ammo. Fast forward 14 months, the culprit, 26-year-old Nathanal Benoist, is locked up for 14 months after a federal judge handed…

Gregory Francis Young III, Felon in Possession of Firearms, Tennessee 2023
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…

Cedrick Dequn Willingham, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, North Carolina 2023
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…

Kristain Harris, Methamphetamine Trafficking, California 2023
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,…

No Names Given, Illegal Firearm Possession, Atlanta GA, 2024
Discover how the collaboration between Project Safe Neighborhoods and law enforcement agencies in Georgia led to felony charges for illegal firearm possession.
