United States of America v. David Williams, a/k/a "Lavish David"

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearm trafficking, in violation 18 U.S.C. 922 and 26 U.S.C. 5841, unlawful possession of a machine gun, possession of unregistered machine guns, smuggling goods into the United States.

On June 16, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) officers at Chicago O’Hare International Airport examined a package en route from China to “Lavish David” at an address in Bloomfield, Connecticut, that contained a machine gun conversion device concealed within portable camping stove components. Commonly referred to as a “Glock switch,” a conversion device allows certain firearms to fire fully automatically. On July 10, 2024, CBP officers at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport examined a package en route from China to David Williams, a/k/a “Lavish David” at the same Bloomfield address that contained multiple machine gun conversion device components concealed within portable camping stove components. On July 21, 2026, HSI conducted a controlled delivery of the two packages to the Bloomfield address and confirmed that Williams had ordered the items for delivery to the residence.

A criminal indictment is not proof of guilt.