ATLANTA, Georgia — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Samuel Harris, the bureau's Atlanta field office announced on Thursday, October 29, 2026. Harris is the final subject still at large in Operation Reflection, the federal investigation that has already charged 20 people in what prosecutors describe as a gang-related gun-theft and drug-trafficking case spanning the Atlanta area and Macon, Georgia.
Source: FBI Atlanta
Harris, who also uses the name 'Bobo', is wanted on three federal charges: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, according to the FBI. A federal judge issued an arrest warrant for him on September 23, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta — the same day a federal grand jury returned the indictments in the case.
Who the FBI is looking for
The FBI's wanted notice describes Harris as a man born on June 12, 1984, standing 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. The bureau says he should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information about him is asked to contact the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.
Source: FBI Wanted Notice
Background: how Operation Reflection began — 1,486 guns stolen from shipping facilities
The case the FBI is still working to close was announced on October 6, 2026, when the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia said a grand jury had returned six indictments charging 20 Atlanta-area residents. Prosecutors allege the thefts happened in three break-ins: on November 29 and 30, 2025, thieves broke into a shipping facility in Conley, Georgia, and stole 724 Glock pistols; on January 10, 2026, a shipping facility in Macon was hit for 469 firearms; and on January 16, 2026, the same Macon facility was broken into again and 293 more firearms were taken — 1,486 firearms in all, according to the indictments.
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia (via CDLLife)
Four men — Tremaine Snell, 26, Daveon Stillwell, 21, Tarik Winfrey, 26, and Marquez Crews, 25, all of Atlanta — are charged with carrying out the break-ins and with firearms trafficking. Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) say members of the GoodFellas criminal street gang sold stolen firearms to undercover ATF agents as the investigation unfolded. Federal, state and local officers later executed search warrants at 12 locations in the Atlanta area allegedly associated with the gang, where they say they recovered approximately 24 kilograms of methamphetamine, 22 kilograms of marijuana, 40 grams of cocaine base, 27 grams of fentanyl and a pill press used to manufacture counterfeit pills, and seized firearms from four convicted felons, including Harris.
Announcing the charges in October, U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said gang-related firearms trafficking and drug trafficking 'pose a grave threat to our community' and that his office and its partners were committed to eliminating such enterprises. ATF Atlanta Special Agent in Charge Benjamin Gibbons called the theft of nearly 1,500 firearms 'a direct attack on public safety', and FBI Atlanta Assistant Special Agent in Charge Richard Bilson described the amounts of stolen guns and drugs alleged in the case as 'alarming'. At that time, officials said every charged person except Harris and one other man, Demontra Williams, was in custody; the FBI's October 29 announcement that Harris is now the final subject at large indicates the net has since closed around everyone else.
Every charge in Operation Reflection is an allegation set out in federal indictments. Samuel Harris and all other defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in court. The FBI reward is offered for information leading to arrest AND conviction, and is capped at up to $20,000.
Why this case matters beyond Atlanta
The investigation began with thefts from commercial shipping facilities — the warehouses and freight yards that move goods, including firearms shipments, around the United States. Cargo theft from such facilities is a standing concern for the trucking and logistics workforce that keeps those corridors running, including the large Punjabi trucking community whose drivers cross Georgia daily on Interstates 75 and 85 through Atlanta and Macon. Prosecutors allege the stolen pistols were then sold onward illegally, which is why ATF, the FBI, the Atlanta Police Department, the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, Georgia state agencies and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's West Metro Regional Drug Enforcement Office all worked the case together, alongside the federal Homeland Security Task Force.
What happens next
The search for Harris is now the public face of Operation Reflection. If he is arrested, he will be brought before a federal judge in the Northern District of Georgia on the September 23 warrant to face the three charges against him. The cases against the other 19 charged people continue in federal court in Atlanta. The FBI has not said where Harris is believed to be, and officials are asking anyone who knows his whereabouts not to approach him but to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or use tips.fbi.gov.