Atlanta man gets 15 years for selling fentanyl while armed with machine gun

An Atlanta man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to selling fentanyl and possessing a machine gun as a twice-convicted felon.U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee sentenced Reginald Pierce, 28, on July 30. Prosecutors described him as a "violent repeat offender who trafficked lethal fentanyl while armed with a machine gun."Court records show Pierce was arrested May 30, 2023, after a Fulton County Sheriff's Office investigator stopped a vehicle in which he was ridin