Beneath is an official assertion from the US Legal professional’s Workplace for the Center District of Florida:
Malcolm Jewell Williams (39, Jacksonville) has been sentenced by Chief U.S. District Choose Marcia Morales Howard to 11 years and three months in federal jail for possessing a firearm after he was convicted of a felony and a misdemeanor crime of home violence, and for possessing cocaine. The court docket additionally ordered Williams to forfeit the firearm used within the offense. Williams was discovered responsible after a jury trial on July 25, 2025. U.S. Legal professional Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
In line with court docket paperwork, Williams was beforehand convicted of 16 felonies and a pair of misdemeanor crimes of home violence, every of which prohibited him from possessing firearms underneath federal regulation. On January 23, 2024, a detective from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace (JSO) was posing as a drug person and encountered Williams in a fuel station parking zone the place Williams agreed to promote “molly” to the detective. After the sale, Williams fled from JSO officers on foot throughout a four-lane divided freeway earlier than being tackled in an alleyway subsequent to a palm tree. Within the base of the tree was a loaded firearm. Williams additionally had in his possession cocaine and a drug scale with residue.
After Williams was transported to the Duval County Jail, he broke free from his flex cuffs and fled as soon as once more via downtown Jacksonville earlier than being apprehended by JSO a second time. 4 months prior, Williams had been arrested by the Camden County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Workplace for possessing a half pound of methamphetamine, for which he was on bond on the time he dedicated this offense.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Camden County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Workplace, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Laura Cofer Taylor and Kelli Swaney.
This case is a part of Undertaking Secure Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing collectively all ranges of regulation enforcement and the communities they serve to cut back violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everybody. On Might 26, 2021, the Division launched a violent crime discount technique strengthening PSN primarily based on these core ideas: fostering belief and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that assist forestall violence from occurring within the first place, setting targeted and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the outcomes.
