TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jul 26, 2024

Sean Williams, the Johnson City man who is accused of multiple of sexual assaults, was convicted of escaping federal custody by a federal jury today. The evidence presented at trial highlighted the multi-state manhunt that led to the capture of Williams in Pinellas County, Florida, on Nov. 21, 2023, after he escaped from a transport van en route to the Greeneville Federal Courthouse on Oct. 18, 2023. Sentencing is set for Nov. 18 in Greeneville. Williams faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Read more in a press release from the federal prosecutor.