Repeat offender faces new charges
A 24-year-old man who had been released and sent back to federal prison on weapons charges now is facing allegations that he robbed a couple of cash and marijuana at gunpoint.
Michael Branham, a police-identified “Rollin’ Sixty” gang member, was in Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Clarence Shattuck’s courtroom on Thursday. Branham is charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated robbery in connection with the robbery.
The judge raised Branham’s bond to $75,000 and sent his case to the grand jury for possible indictment.
Branham was sent to federal prison for weapons charges resulting from police investigations into 2006 gang-related killings. After two years in prison and while on supervised release, Branham was arrested for selling crack-cocaine and sent back to prison.
Regika Tillery and Reginald Hubbard told police that Branham, since released from prison, robbed them on March 10. Police arrested Branham during saturation patrols in East Chattanooga earlier this month.