Kevin P. Davidson, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama
A Selma resident has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possessing stolen mail and destroying a U.S. Postal Service collection box, according to an announcement from Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson.
J’Kwon Tyshi Williams, 21, received his sentence on September 23, 2025. After serving his prison term, Williams will be under supervised release for two years. The court also ordered him to pay a $5,000 fine and $1,180 in restitution. Federal law does not allow parole.
Court documents and Williams’s plea agreement show that the incident occurred during the early morning hours of November 9, 2023. Millbrook Police responded to reports of individuals trying to break into a blue postal collection box outside the Millbrook Post Office. Witnesses saw a car parked with its hood up and several people around it. When officers arrived, the group left quickly in the vehicle.
Williams was identified as the driver who led police on a high-speed chase that exceeded 120 miles per hour and included driving into oncoming traffic lanes. The pursuit went from Elmore County to Dallas County before ending when Williams crashed into a light pole. He and his passengers then ran away on foot.
Police searched the vehicle and found burglary tools such as a reciprocating saw, tire iron, and pliers. They also recovered Williams’s wallet along with numerous stolen checks, other pieces of stolen mail, check-writing paper, an ammunition magazine for a handgun, ammunition rounds, and multiple ATM deposit receipts.
While Williams and others did not manage to open the Millbrook collection box, inspectors determined it was so badly damaged that it needed replacement at a cost of $1,180.
Williams pleaded guilty on June 5, 2025 to unlawful possession of stolen mail and destruction of a letter box.
The United States Postal Inspection Service and Millbrook Police Department investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Paul Markovits prosecuted it.
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