Three men were sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing firearms, according to an April 14 announcement by Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.
The sentencing took place before U.S. District Court Chief Judge R. Stan Baker and involved separate cases of illegal gun possession in Savannah. The individuals sentenced include Benjamin Greene, Yeiker Luis Arevalo-Hernandez, and Arkeem Myers.
Greene, a 39-year-old from Savannah, received a sentence of 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and was fined $1,500 after being convicted at trial on the charge of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Authorities said Greene had stolen a car at a gas station in February 2024 and crashed while fleeing police; officers found him with a pistol. He has an extensive record of felony convictions that prohibit him from possessing firearms.
Arevalo-Hernandez, age 21 and identified as a Venezuelan national illegally present in the United States, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm by an Illegal Alien. He will be deported following his sentence. In June 2025, police responded to a disturbance at an airport hotel where security footage showed Arevalo-Hernandez hiding two pistols behind dumpsters before officers arrived.
Myers, age 36 from Savannah, was given a sentence of 77 months in prison followed by three years supervised release after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. In December 2024 he was arrested during a traffic stop when police discovered he possessed a pistol under his seat; Myers also has prior felony convictions including gun charges.
“Previously convicted felons and illegal aliens are prohibited from possessing guns – period,” said 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 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the cases along with the Savannah Police Department and the Savannah Airport Police. The prosecutions were handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Makeia R. Jonese, Darron J. Hubbard, Timothy P. Dean, and Ryan E. Bondura.
