Lamar Javon Williams, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Virginia 2023

A Richmond man was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Lamar Javon Williams, 31, was found guilty in federal court of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

On September 23, 2021, Richmond Police officers recognized Williams as he was in the passenger seat of a vehicle with a black bag across his chest. Williams got out of the car without the bag and entered a store. As Williams was returning to the car, an officer approached Williams and briefly spoke with him before Williams walked away from the scene. The officers then spoke to the driver, who had a handgun in his pants pocket.

Officers recovered Williams' bag from the passenger side floorboard. Inside the bag were a loaded handgun, a debit card with Williams' name, and a 'corner baggie' with 3.8 grams of heroin and fentanyl.

Williams has a history of gun crimes. In 2012, he was convicted of malicious wounding in Richmond Circuit Court after he shot a man in the chest with a shotgun in December 2010. In 2014, while on a suspended sentence for the malicious wounding conviction, Williams was convicted of possessing a firearm as a violent felon.

Williams was arrested on March 25, 2022, after a brief chase. He was found in possession of a corner baggie of fentanyl and 10 Xanax pills.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jessica Wright and Peter Duffey. Sentencing was imposed by Senior U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson.

Lamar Javon Williams, Defendant's Name: Lamar Javon Williams, Crime: Felon in Possession of a Firearm, State: Virginia, Date: September 23, 2021 (crime date), Sentence: Seven years and eight months in prison.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/repeat-felon-sentenced-after-being-caught-again-firearm