ATLANTA - Terrance Banks, a fourteen-time convicted felon with a violent history, has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for illegally possessing a stolen firearm.

“Banks is a gun-wielding predator whose violence was unabated by nearly a quarter century of arrests and convictions at the state level,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “Finally, imposition of a significant federal sentence that must be served without the possibility of parole will keep Banks from terrorizing our community.”

“Terrance Banks has not learned from his previous mistakes,” said Marlo Graham, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. “At the FBI, we work alongside our partners every day to make our communities safer by tracking down and holding violent repeat offenders like Banks accountable for their actions.”

According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: On October 11, 2024, Banks was arrested after Atlanta police officers found a stolen pistol in his vehicle during a traffic stop. Banks has a lengthy and violent criminal record, including fourteen felony convictions. Banks has been convicted of aggravated assault twice, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; robbery or armed robbery three times; illegal possession of a firearm six times; and forcible obstruction of a law enforcement officer. Banks’s convictions resulted from numerous acts of violence, including stabbing a victim in the head with a homemade shank, striking a state prison medical officer in the face while another individual grabbed the officer around the neck, and shooting a handgun at another victim. On September 16, 2026, U.S. District Judge Steven D. Grimberg sentenced Terrance Banks, 43, of Atlanta, Georgia, to eight years and nine months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Banks pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on June 9, 2026.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Assistant United States Attorney Daniel Grill and former Assistant United States Attorney Jamil Favors prosecuted the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods and Operation Take Back America. Operation Take Back America is 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, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

For further information please contact the U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at USAGAN.

[email protected] or (404) 581-6185. The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.