United States of America v. Rayshawn Williams

Rayshawn Williams, 20, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to illegally dealing in firearms and two counts of possessing machine guns, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.



According to court documents, between May and July 2024, Williams sold 10 firearms to a confidential informant in illegal deals conducted on the streets in exchange for cash. Of the firearms sold to the informant, two of them were Glock pistols with machine gun conversion devices, popularly known as "switches,” that allow the Glock pistols to fire in a fully automatic mode.



This case is the product of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Stockton Police Department Crime Gun Intelligence Center. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jason Hitt and Zulkar Khan are prosecuting the case.



Williams is set for sentencing before U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez on Dec. 9, 2025. Williams faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison on each of the machine gun charges, a five-year maximum penalty on the illegal firearms trafficking charge, and a $250,000 fine. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.



This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).