SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – We’re listening to for the primary time from the brand new Particular Assistant US Legal professional in Savannah and she or he stated she already has a case load.
WTOC informed you Tuesday Makeia Jonese began just a few weeks in the past.
Her position is to assist the U.S. Legal professional for the Southern District of Georgia prosecute on a federal stage.
The main target — violent crimes.
This may be financial institution robberies, unlawful possession of a firearm, trafficking. All of these offenses will attain their workplace.
The U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace stated they have already got a program known as “Stop Hearth” that’s been round for 10 to fifteen years. They meet with the Savannah Police Division on a routine foundation and SPD brings them instances they’ll take to federal courtroom.
The U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace stated they’ve round 20 prosecutors, however 43 counties in whole, so the brand new AUSA will be capable of focus solely on serving to prosecute instances out of Savannah and Chatham County.
“The main target right here is to make Savannah safer for everybody in order that’s the distinction to me…that violent crimes lower inside the metropolis. For the final 5 years, the workplace has federally prosecuted greater than 800 defendants on firearm prices primarily with possession of a firearm by a prohibited particular person. That’s quite a lot of instances. And now, having me in Savannah centered solely on this space, I believe that’s a instrument to alleviate the work of different AUSA’s on this workplace who cowl the opposite counties inside the southern district of Georgia,”, stated AUSA Makeia Jonese.
Jonese is from West Virginia the place she obtained her Juris Physician diploma.
She was most not too long ago a state prosecutor in South Carolina.
The U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace stated they do plan to test in with the town about their progress.
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