Kissimmee arms smuggler sentenced to federal prison

  • Smuggle arms from Kissimmee to Trinidad and Tobago? That'll get you three years federal.
    Smuggle arms from Kissimmee to Trinidad and Tobago? That'll get you three years federal.

A Kissimmee firearms smugglers has been sentenced to federal prison for their role in sending firearms internationally.

A U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza sentenced Chrissie Fier Williams, 39, to three years and one month in federal prison for smuggling firearms internationally. Williams entered the guilty plea on Jan. 2, 2024. 

According to court documents, on five separate occasions from Jan. 28, 2021, through Oct. 4, 2022, Williams prepared packages with household items to be sent to Trinidad and Tobago. Williams concealed numerous firearms, firearm parts, and ammunition inside those packages, prepared fake shipping manifests to conceal the contents, and paid “straw shippers” to deliver the packages under their names. Inside these packages, Williams concealed completed pistols and AR-style rifles, parts that could be readily assembled into completed guns, extended magazines including a 65-round drum magazine and a 100-round drum magazine, and ammunition to match the firearms being smuggled.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security. 

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.