NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Orleans Field Office issued the following press release:
A federal jury has convicted Renford Stephenson Williams of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and possession of a machinegun. The trial, which spanned three days, ended on Thursday, October 29, 2026, with guilty verdicts on all counts for Williams, 36, of Jacksonville. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the verdict.
Williams was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 9, 2024, and ultimately went to trial on one count of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and one count of possession of a machinegun....