GULFPORT MAN SENTENCED FOR TWO ARMED ROBBERIES

Gulfport, MS – A Gulfport man was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for his role in the commission of two armed robberies.

According to court documents, Ladarius Callahan, 26, participated in the commission of an armed robbery of a Dollar General store in Long Beach, Mississippi, on May 8, 2022, and a Texaco in Long Beach, Mississippi on November 6, 2022.

Callahan and his co-defendants, Christopher Collins and Gabriel Johnson, were originally charged by Indictment on January 23, 2024. Callahan pleaded guilty to two counts of the Indictment on November 21, 2024. Collins previously pleaded guilty to one count of the Indictment related to the Texaco robbery and was sentenced to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. Johnson has also pleaded guilty to a single count of the Indictment and is awaiting sentencing.

Acting U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Lemon and Acting Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Eikhoff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation made the announcement.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, with the assistance of the Long Beach and Gulfport Police Departments, investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Buckner prosecuted the case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).