Three men, including illegal alien, sentenced to federal prison for illegal gun possession

SAVANNAH, Georgia: Three men have been sentenced to substantial prison terms in separate cases for illegally possessing firearms.

The sentencings before U.S. District Court Chief Judge R. Stan Baker were announced by Margaret E. "Meg" Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. They include:

• Benjamin Greene, 39, of Savannah, was sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and fined $1,500. Greene was convicted at trial in January on a charge of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Savannah police officers found a pistol in Greene's possession in February 2024 after he stole a car at a gas station and crashed while running from police. Greene has a substantial history of felony criminal convictions and is prohibited from possessing firearms.
• Yeiker Luis Arevalo-Hernandez, 21, a Venezuelan national illegally present in the United States, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to be deported after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm by an Illegal Alien. In June 2025, Savannah Airport Police officers were called for assistance at a hotel near the airport. A dispute among several men caused a disturbance at the hotel, and police officers reviewing security footage determined Arevalo-Hernandez possessed two pistols and hid them behind the hotel's dumpsters before officers arrived. Illegal aliens are prohibited from possessing firearms.
• Arkeem Myers, 36, of Savannah, was sentenced to 77 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. In December 2024, Savannah police officers arrested Myers, a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for a traffic violation, after determining he was in possession of a pistol found under his seat. Myers has a record of repeated felony convictions, including gun charges, and is prohibited from possessing firearms.

"Previously convicted felons and illegal aliens are prohibited from possessing guns - period," said U.S. Attorney Heap. "We are in lockstep with our law enforcement partners in making our communities safer by taking these gun-carrying criminals off our streets."

The cases were investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Savannah Police Department, and the Savannah Airport Police, and prosecuted for the United States by Southern District of Georgia Assistant U.S. Attorneys Makeia R. Jonese, Darron J. Hubbard, Timothy P. Dean, and Ryan E. Bondura.