Jovan Terrell Williams, a 20-year-old from the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for his involvement in an armed carjacking and a drug trafficking conspiracy connected to the Kennedy Street Crew. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., along with officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation Division, and the Metropolitan Police Department.
Williams, also known as "Chewy," admitted to carjacking and conspiracy to distribute over 100 kilograms of marijuana. U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell also ordered five years of supervised release following the prison sentence. Williams is the last among 17 defendants from the KDY gang to be sentenced. The previous day, Kenneth Ademola Olugbenga, a leader within the group, received a 160-month sentence.
Court documents describe the Kennedy Street Crew as a violent drug trafficking organization that operated in an 11-block area in Northwest Washington, D.C. Williams was found to have carjacked a Chevrolet Corvette while armed and was later apprehended with stolen items. Authorities, following the tracking of an Apple Air Tag, discovered Williams and associates in an apartment where they recovered firearms from a washing machine and the ceiling.
Earlier in 2023, Williams was implicated when a search warrant led to the seizure of firearms and drugs. DNA evidence linked him to weapons found at the scene.
The investigation was part of a task force initiative aimed at dismantling criminal enterprises through collaboration between federal and local enforcement agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew W. Kinskey and Sitara Witanachchi prosecuted the case.
