A Stockton man was given over six years in federal prison for dealing in firearms and other crimes, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Rayshawn Williams, 20, was sentenced to 77 months in prison for illegally dealing guns and being in possession of machine guns, according to prosecutors.
Williams sold ten firearms in the space of two months in 2024 to a confidential informant in Stockton who was involved in illegal gun deals on the streets in exchange for cash.
Of the ten firearms sold to the informant, two of them were Glock pistols with machine gun conversion devices, also known as “switches,” that allow the Glock pistols to fire in a fully-automatic mode.
According to prosecutors, the judge said that Williams boasted about his involvement with a burglary of a jewelry store in Oakland, that he was affiliated with a violent street gang, and that, despite his young age, Williams had already amassed a substantial criminal history.
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