Man who led police on high-speed chase from Storrow Drive, across the Tobin, into Chelsea, gets four years on gun plea

A national justice contiguous ordered a condemnation longer than requested by prosecutors for a Dorchester antheral who led authorities troopers connected a chase erstwhile 1 tried pulling him implicit successful his Focus for excessive model tint connected Storrow Drive and ended erstwhile helium crashed into 2 cars successful Chelsea connected Aug. 10, 2018.

Raughn Williams, 23, pleaded blameworthy successful June to a national complaint of being a convicted felon successful possession of a firearm.

The US Attorney's bureau had requested a condemnation of 41 months, due to the fact that of his past transgression grounds and due to the fact that of the hazard his high-speed effort to evade State Police posed to members of the public.

He was equipped with a loaded firearm, which helium possessed successful transportation with his merchantability of amerciable drugs, and helium led constabulary connected a car pursuit done Boston and into Chelsea, and successful the process struck 2 vehicles, 1 of which was occupied. This was highly dangerous, reckless behavior.

At a proceeding today, US District Court Judge Leo Sorokin sentenced Williams to 48 months successful national custody. This is successful summation to a two-year condemnation helium was serving retired of Dorchester District Court successful 2021 for violating probation connected a condemnation of battle with a unsafe limb successful 2016. Sorokin ruled that his national condemnation would tally concurrently with his authorities one.

Williams's lawyer had asked for a condemnation of conscionable 30 months, saying Williams is "yet different unfortunate illustration of a young antheral of colour that has been surrounded with misfortune and antagonistic influences since the clip of his birth," which included increasing up with an abusive begetter and ADHD successful a convulsive portion of Dorchester.

He added that Williams had the weapon with him the time of the pursuit for aforesaid defence - and asked for leniency due to the fact that helium present has daughter:

He wishes to beryllium a begetter to his babe daughter, present 6 months old, who helium has not adjacent been capable to walk clip with extracurricular of jail.

Ideally, Mr. Williams would similar to statesman a caller beingness with his household distant from Massachusetts and from each of the antagonistic associations related with Dorchester and Boston. This includes surviving successful a vicinity wherever unit and cause usage are commonplace. He besides dislikes the feeling of ever being vigilant due to the fact that idiosyncratic mightiness harm him for immoderate reason.

Thus, the tendency to transportation a weapon for self-protection. He is besides wary astir the section police, who are present acquainted with him, and could astatine immoderate infinitesimal determine they privation to roust him for walking oregon driving successful a peculiar area. His imagination is to permission each of this behind. When Mr. Williams was 18, helium traveled to North Carolina for a abbreviated clip to get distant from the problems helium had experienced successful Boston. He connected with an Aunt who has connections to radical who bash morganatic enactment successful the euphony and amusement industry. He would precise overmuch similar to usage her arsenic a assets truthful helium mightiness yet get a occupation successful that field. He does not privation to walk the remainder of his beingness revolving successful and retired of situation oregon dormant from utilizing drugs.