Rayshawn Williams, Firearms Trafficking, California 2024

A 20-year-old Stockton man has been sentenced to 77 months in prison for his role in a firearms trafficking ring that sold guns, including two machineguns, to a confidential informant.

Rayshawn Williams, 20, of Stockton, was sentenced on May 2024 by Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez for illegally dealing in firearms and possessing machineguns, United States Attorney Eric Grant announced.

According to court documents, between May and July 2024, Williams sold ten firearms to a confidential informant in illegal deals conducted on the streets in exchange for cash. Of the ten firearms sold to the informant, two of them were Glock pistols with machinegun conversion devices, popularly known as “switches,” that allow the Glock pistols to fire in a fully-automatic mode.

While sentencing Williams to 77 months of custody, Judge Mendez observed that Williams had boasted about his involvement with a burglary of a jewelry store in Oakland, that he was affiliated with a violent street gang, and that, despite his young age, Williams had already amassed a substantial criminal history.

This case was the product of an investigation by the Stockton Field Office for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Stockton Police Department Crime Gun Intelligence Center. Assistant United States Attorneys Jason Hitt and Zulkar Khan are prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the government to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

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