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Date: 07-12-2023
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Case Number: 5:22-cr-00089
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Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Caddo Parish)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Shreveport
Defendant's Attorney: Amy Gardner Day for Williams
James Edward Sudduth, III for Daniel
Description: Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.
Paul Vincent Williams, 38, of Bossier City, Louisiana, and Trevor Selwyn Daniel, Jr., 50, of Decatur, Georgia were 216 months in prison and 120 month for were involved in an ongoing investigation of drug trafficking activities in the Shreveport/Bossier City area. Through their investigation, agents had specific information that Williams had sold and distributed various amounts of methamphetamine in February and March 2021. These amounts of methamphetamine were confirmed through testing by the DEA laboratory to be a total of 1,250 grams of pure methamphetamine. Agents conducted surveillance of Williams in February 2022 and subsequently conducted a traffic stop of Williams. A federal search warrant was obtained for Williams’ vehicle and inside agents recovered approximately 232.2 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 4.4 grams of suspected heroin, 37.4 grams of suspected marijuana, 56.3 grams of assorted pills, as well as five firearms, ammunition and over $8,500 in cash. The seized narcotics were sent to the DEA laboratory for testing and the methamphetamine was confirmed to be 216.9 grams of pure substance, while the suspected heroin was found to be fentanyl, containing 0.5 grams of the purse substance. Williams pleaded guilty on March 13, 2023, to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
On February 12, 2020, Daniel was stopped by a Louisiana State Police trooper while traveling along Interstate 10. A K-9 officer arrived on the scene to assist and alerted to the presence of narcotics in the vehicle. A search of the vehicle was then conducted by law enforcement officers, and they found over five kilograms of cocaine wrapped in bricks and stored in duffel bags in the cargo area. Daniel admitted that the cocaine belonged to him and pleaded guilty to the charge on April 12, 2023.
The case was investigated by the FBI and ATF and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian C. Flanagan.This case was
investigated by the Homeland Security Investigations-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Louisiana State Police
and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel J. Vermaelen.
NARCOTICS - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE - Possession with the Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances with Forfeiture Notice
(1)
VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN - Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug-Trafficking Crime with Forfeiture Notice
(3)
Outcome: Williams: Defendant sentenced to 156 months as to Count 1 and 60 months as to Count 3, to run consecutively, and run concurrently with any state sentence imposed in Doc No 387558 from the 1st JDC, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; upon release from imprisonment, supervised release for a period of 5 years as to Count 1 and 5 years as to Count 3, to run concurrently; $200 Special Assessment
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