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Date: 01-11-2023
Case Style:
United States of America v. Tarrell Leshaun Williams
Case Number: 1:22-cr-00017
Judge: Martin Reidinger
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Asheville
Defendant's Attorney: Jack Stewart
Description: Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to filed court documents, trial evidence and witness testimony, on February 11, 2022, law enforcement officers attempting to serve Terrell Leshaun Williams, age 42, from Cherokee, North Carolina, with a federal arrest warrant located the defendant at an apartment complex in Asheville. According to trial evidence, prior to effectuating the arrest warrant, law enforcement observed Williams placing an item – later identified as a Taurus 9mm firearm – in the trunk of his vehicle. Williams was arrested shortly thereafter. Williams has prior felony criminal convictions and he is prohibited from possessing a firearm.
Williams remains in federal custody. A sentencing date has not been set.
In making today’s announcement, U.S. Attorney King thanked the DEA’s Asheville Post of Duty, the BIA, and the Asheville Police Department for their investigation of the case and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives for their substantial assistance.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Pritchard and Alexis Solheim of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Asheville prosecuting the case.
18:922(g)(1) - UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC.
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Outcome: Defendant was found guilty.
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