Alexandria Bay, N.Y. — A Brooklyn man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for having a loaded handgun as a convicted felon, federal prosecutors said.
Stephon Williams, 38, was stopped at a U.S. border checkpoint Sept. 24, 2021 in Jefferson County when border patrol agents found a Glock-style pistol wedged in between the vehicle’s driver seat and door, investigators said in a criminal complaint filed in the Northern District of New York.
The pistol was loaded with 25 rounds, prosecutors said. It didn’t have a serial number, making it a ghost gun, they said.
Williams was prohibited from possessing guns or ammunition for a felony conviction in 2019 for fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, prosecutors said.
Several individual packages of marijuana, weighing about 100 grams, were also found in the vehicle, investigators said in the complaint.
Williams was sentenced to 41 months in prison Thursday with three years of supervised release, prosecutors said.
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