Dion Alfred-Carlton Williams, 20, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty On Thursday, March 28, before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Cannon, Jr., to possession of marijuana, U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced.
Sentencing is scheduled for July 31.
According to the plea agreement filed with the court, on March 10, 2017, Williams and his co-defendant attempted to enter the secure parking lot at the District Court to drop off paperwork. The defendant was the passenger in the car that his co-defendant drove to the court. The security officer denied them entrance and instructed the co-defendant driver to park in the visitor lot.
The driver refused and caused a disturbance, causing a special agent to approach his car, the plea agreement said. The agent smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car. A search of the car yielded two Ziploc bags containing 10 vials of marijuana.
The co-defendant, who was not named in Shappert’s announcement, told the agent the marijuana was for sale. The defendant said he was an unemployed drug user and claimed that the marijuana was his. He also said he had just bought the marijuana for $100. The defendant was also searched and a dime bag of marijuana was found on him.
Williams faces a term of imprisonment of not more than one year and a $1,000 fine.
The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rhonda Williams-Henry.
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