Security News in Brief: Macon Probationer with Violent Criminal Record, Girlfriend Plead Guilty in “Lying and Buying” Gun Case

Source: United States Department of Justice News

MACON, Ga. – A Macon man who was arrested with a loaded firearm purchased for him by his girlfriend soon after he was released from prison for aggravated assault pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge today.

Logan Riley Nettles aka Carrot Top, 23, of Macon, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a person under a felony indictment before U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell on Thursday, Dec. 16. Nettles faces a maximum ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for March 9, 2022. Co-defendant Ansley Nicole Hunt, 22, of Savannah, Georgia, pleaded guilty to making false statements on Nov. 4, and is facing a maximum five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Hunt’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2022. There is no parole in the federal system.