ATLANTA, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta Field Office issued the following press release:
ROME - Mark Edward Jeffery, a former Georgia Department of Corrections officer convicted of smuggling methamphetamine into state prison, appeared in federal court today following his arrest on new drug trafficking and firearms charges.
"A convicted drug trafficker, Jeffery was allegedly undeterred from dealing methamphetamine, despite having served a five-year prison sentence. Now he faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison," said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. "My office will continue to work closely with our law enforcement partners to hold repeat offenders accountable in every count...