ATLANTA, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta Field Office issued the following press release:
ATLANTA - Jesse James Williams, Jr., a 14-time convicted felon who once killed a man over a $10 drug debt, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm.
"Amassing more than a dozen felony convictions, this violent, incorrigible defendant spent decades breaking the law," said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. "Williams's sentence sends an unmistakable message: repeat offenders who arm themselves and endanger the community will be removed from our streets. We will continue working with our law enforcement partners to ensure that those...