Warren County man indicted on charges including machine gun possession, methamphetamine trafficking

AUGUSTA, GA:  A Warren County man has been indicted on fees together with illegally possession a machine gun and trafficking methamphetamine.

Kevin Shawn McGahee, 47, of Stapleton, Ga, is charged in a newly unsealed indictment with Possession with Intent to Distribute 5 or Extra Grams of Methamphetamine; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime; Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; and Unlawful Possession of a Machine Gun, mentioned David H. Estes, U.S. Lawyer for the Southern District of Georgia. The costs topic McGahee to a most statutory penalty of as much as life in jail, and there’s no parole within the federal system.

“We’re dedicated to working with our regulation enforcement companions to determine and intercept the sources of unlawful medication in our communities, and to take away firearms from those that are prohibited from proudly owning them,” mentioned U.S. Lawyer Estes.

McGahee was indicted by a U.S. District Court docket grand jury throughout its April time period, and entered a plea of not responsible to the costs earlier than U.S. District Court docket Justice of the Peace Brian Ok. Epps throughout arraignment Friday morning. He’s free on bond whereas awaiting additional proceedings.

McGahee’s indictment adopted a current search of his residence the place brokers from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and deputies from the Warren County and McDuffie County sheriff’s places of work discovered methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and practically two dozen firearms. Amongst these firearms was a Glock 9mm semi-automatic pistol outfitted with a so-called “Glock swap,” an aftermarket accent which brokers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives verified permits the weapon to fireside a number of bullets with every set off pull.

Prison indictments comprise solely fees; defendants are presumed harmless until and till confirmed responsible.

This investigation befell below the umbrella of the U.S. Division of Justice’s Mission Secure Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that has been profitable in bringing collectively all ranges of regulation enforcement to scale back violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer.

Companies investigating the case embody the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives, the Warren County Sheriff’s Workplace, and the McDuffie County Sheriff’s Workplace. The case is being prosecuted for america by Assistant U.S. Lawyer Jeremiah L. Johnson.