Jackson, MS -- Richard Brian Williams, age 31, formerly of Byram, MS, pleaded guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain. Williams admitted that on Jan. 20, 2017, he possessed two handguns: a Taurus.45 caliber pistol and a Colt.22 caliber Derringer, after previously being convicted in several Mississippi circuit courts of the following felonies: Auto Burglary in 2003, Burglary of a Dwelling in 2004 and again in 2005, Robbery in 2009, and Introduction of Contraband into a Correctional Facility in 2015.
Williams is currently detained in the Madison County Jail and will be sentenced on Sept. 29, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Mississippi Department of Corrections. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Carla Clark.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
