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sent from UAE to Iraq.
Williams did not have a US firearms licence. He was arrested in March of last year in the US and pleaded guilty three months later to all three
charges against him.
“The atrocities I saw were horrible,” he said at his sentencing in Oklahoma City federal court.
“I wish I had said, ‘No,’ but I didn’t. I felt obligated to help them out.”
He will serve 40 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release on each count when his prison term ends.
“We have to respect and abide by the rule of law in this country,” said US District Judge Jodi Dishman, who sentenced Williams.
March 04, 2021 - 3:29 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for illegally smuggling firearms to the Middle East to help fight the Islamic State there, according to federal prosecutors.
Randy Lew Williams, 57, pleaded guilty last year to violating the Arms Export Control Act, making a false statement to a firearms dealer and possession of an unregistered firearm. His sentence handed down Wednesday also includes two years of supervised release on each count after his prison time ends, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Court records show that United Arab Emirates authorities confiscated a package on Dec. 19, 2018, that contained pistols and firearms parts, the release said. Shipment records showed that Williams, of Edmond, Oklahoma, sent the package from Oklahoma City to an address in Iraq.