Jonesboro, AR — (Contributed) — July 23, 2025 — A multi-convicted felon from Jonesboro will spend the next 216 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
United States District Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. handed down the sentence Monday, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Arkansas.
On April 29, 2024, 41-year-old Thomas Demetrius Williams, of Jonesboro, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Marshall also sentenced Williams to five years’ supervised release.
Williams was indicted on April 2, 2024, in a second superseding indictment, on two counts of felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, one count of possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
On Oct. 12, 2021, law enforcement officers received information that Williams had a large amount of methamphetamine. An investigation revealed Williams was on parole with an active search waiver on file.
As law enforcement officers approached Williams’ residence he shared with his girlfriend to conduct a parole search, they observed three vehicles in the driveway. While at the residence, law enforcement officers observed the girlfriend and a small child in the grey vehicle in the driveway. The girlfriend stated the vehicle belonged to Williams.
At that time, law enforcement officers circled the block and when they arrived back at Williams’ residence, they observed the white vehicle that had previously been in the driveway was no longer there.
During a parole search of Williams’ residence, law enforcement officers located a debit card in Williams’ name. While awaiting the arrival of a K9 officer, Williams drove by his residence in the white vehicle. Not long afterward, Williams stopped his vehicle and made contact with the law enforcement officers at his residence.
Upon arrival of the K9 officer, it was deployed to search the area. The K9 officer alerted to the presence of narcotics in the grey vehicle. Law enforcement officers searched the grey vehicle and located the bag the girlfriend had been carrying.
During a search of the bag, it was revealed to contain 730.4 grams of pure methamphetamine, 299.5 grams of marijuana, 19.7651 grams of ecstasy pills, 4.7289 grams of oxycodone pills, $1,999 in cash, and a stolen firearm.
Williams was sentenced as a career offender on the drug conviction due to his criminal history, which includes aggravated assault, three domestic battery convictions, a terroristic threatening conviction, three serious drug convictions, drug trafficking convictions, and felon in possession of firearm convictions. There is no parole in the federal system.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with Assistant United States Attorney Erin O’Leary prosecuting.