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North Carolina Man Sentenced to Prison for Interstate Travel in Aid of Drug Trafficking

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi

Gulfport, Miss – Jywaun Davis Williams, 29, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced on October 22, 2015, by Chief District Judge Louis Guirola to 28 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for interstate travel in aid of an unlawful activity (drug trafficking), announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.

Williams was also ordered to pay an $8,000 fine and forfeit a Sig Sauer pistol found in his possession at the time of his arrest during a traffic stop on I-10 in Gulfport in April, 2014.

The case was investigated by the Gulfport Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Annette Williams.

Updated October 23, 2015
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - Mississippi, Southern

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