Prosecutors: 762 firearms stolen from Macon shipping facility in January
The Macon thefts are part of a federal case involving nearly 1,500 stolen firearms from shipping facilities in Macon and metro-Atlanta.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Hundreds of guns stolen from a Macon shipping facility are now at the center of a federal trafficking case announced Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
Federal prosecutors said the case involves nearly 1,500 firearms stolen from shipping facilities in Macon and metro-Atlanta.
The charges include firearms trafficking, drug trafficking, and theft of interstate shipments.
Hundreds of guns stolen in Macon
According to federal prosecutors, Tremaine Snell allegedly broke into a shipping facility in Macon on January 10 and stole 469 firearms.
Six days later, prosecutors said Snell, Tarik Winfrey and GoodFellas gang member Marquez Crews allegedly broke into the same Macon shipping facility and stole 293 more firearms.
Together, the two Macon break-ins account for 762 stolen firearms, based on the numbers listed by federal prosecutors.
Prosecutors said Snell and Daveon Stillwell later sold an undercover ATF agent four firearms taken during the Conley and Macon burglaries.
The next day, agents recovered three stolen firearms from Calvin Washington’s South Fulton residence, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors said Crews, with help from Snell, Temeka Camiel and Matthew Gaskin, sold 14 stolen firearms to an undercover ATF agent on January 23.
On April 1, agents seized another firearm taken from the Macon facility from convicted felon Shanteria Horton, according to prosecutors.
Metro-Atlanta facility also targeted
Federal prosecutors said Snell, Winfrey and Stillwell allegedly broke into a shipping facility in Conley, Georgia on November 29 and November 30, 2025, and stole 724 Glock pistols.
On December 2, prosecutors said Devarrio Burns and Christopher Billings, both identified as GoodFellas gang members, sold two of those stolen pistols to an undercover ATF agent.
Prosecutors say case involves Atlanta-based gang
According to U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg, the GoodFellas is an Atlanta-based gang that primarily recruits members in Atlanta neighborhoods, as well as jails and prisons in Georgia.
Prosecutors said the gang makes money through criminal activity, including drug trafficking, robbery, carjacking, fraud, and firearms trafficking.
Prosecutors also said the gang protects its operation, turf and reputation through violence and threats of violence.
“Gang-related firearms trafficking and drug trafficking pose a grave threat to our community,” Hertzberg said.
ATF Atlanta Field Division Special Agent in Charge Benjamin Gibbons said the stolen firearms posed a public safety threat.
“Stealing nearly 1,500 firearms and flooding our communities with guns and drugs is more than brazen criminal conduct; it is a direct attack on public safety,” Gibbons said.
Drugs and firearms seized during searches
On May 13, the FBI, ATF and other law enforcement agencies executed search warrants at 12 locations in the Atlanta area allegedly connected to the GoodFellas gang.
Across those locations, agents seized about 24 kilograms of methamphetamine, 22 kilograms of marijuana, 40 grams of cocaine base, 27 grams of fentanyl and a pill press used to manufacture counterfeit pills, according to prosecutors.
Agents also seized firearms from Samuel Harris, Joseph Sutton, Deanthony Cole and Demontra Williams, all of whom prosecutors identified as convicted felons.
20 defendants indicted
A federal grand jury returned six indictments on September 23, charging 20 defendants:
Christopher Billings, 36, Atlanta
Devarrio Burns, a.k.a. Debo, 32, Atlanta
Temeka Camiel, 50, Atlanta
Deanthony Cole, 33, Atlanta
Kordion Cousins, 29, Atlanta
Marquez Crews, a.k.a. Quez, 25, Atlanta
Brandon Elligan, a.k.a. Mario World and Billy Mario, 39, Atlanta
Samdrekas Floyd, a.k.a. Hot, 32, Atlanta
Matthew Gaskin, a.k.a. Matthew Gaskins, 23, Atlanta
Samuel Harris, a.k.a. Bobo, 41, Atlanta
Shanteria Horton, 27, Atlanta
Ramudo Lloyd, 52, Atlanta
Deavis Reese, a.k.a. Boogaloo, Unk and Boo, 51, Atlanta
Tremaine Snell, a.k.a. Big and Man Man, 26, Atlanta
Daveon Stillwell, a.k.a. Drip, 21, Atlanta
Joseph Sutton, a.k.a. Squirt and O, 43, Atlanta
Antonio Thomas, 27, Atlanta
Calvin Washington, 28, Atlanta
Demontra Williams, 41, Atlanta
Tarik Winfrey, 26, Atlanta
Federal prosecutors said several defendants have been arrested, while others are being held in local custody and will appear in federal court later.
Samuel Harris and Demontra Williams are fugitives, according to prosecutors. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact local law enforcement.
Bibb County Sheriff’s Office assisted investigation
The case is being investigated by the ATF and FBI.
Federal prosecutors said the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the investigation, along with the Atlanta Police Department, Georgia Department of Community Supervision, Georgia State Police, Georgia Department of Corrections and the GBI’s West Metro Regional Drug Enforcement Office.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the indictments contain only charges. The defendants are presumed innocent, and the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
