Memphis Residents Plead Guilty To Conspiracy

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jemarcus Maquel Williams, age 31, Andria Victoria Dowdy, age 22, and Anfernee Deshon Sherrod, age 30, all of Memphis, Tennessee, each entered pleas of guilty to one count of Conspiracy to commit firearm offenses, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

The Government’s Indictment alleged that in December 2021, Williams and Sherrod, both felons, together with Dowdy, conspired to obtain several firearms, ammunition, and an unregistered silencer in violation of federal laws prohibiting felons from possessing firearms.  At the plea hearings, Williams, Dowdy, and Sherrod each admitted traveling to Oklahoma to obtain firearms.  After a traffic stop in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, officers found three semiautomatic rifles, one semiautomatic 9mm pistol, one 12-gauge shotgun, an unserialized silencer, and multiple rounds of various branded and gauged ammunition.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office, the Roland Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The Honorable Judge Gerald Jackson, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report for each defendant.  At the conclusion of their plea hearing, Williams, Dowdy, and Sherrod were each remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Edith A. Singer represented the United States.