ROME — Two brothers from Rome are heading to prison after being convicted on major drug charges in separate trials held on the same day in the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit.
Fentanyl and Meth: A Family Business Shut Down
On August 26, Superior Court Judge Brian House convicted 25-year-old Trevion Williams of trafficking fentanyl and related charges, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. In a separate trial that same day, his brother, 26-year-old George Wright Jevard Williams II, was convicted of trafficking methamphetamine and possession of a firearm during a felony. The elder Williams received a 30-year sentence with five years to serve in prison.
The cases stemmed from traffic stops more than a year apart, suggesting a pattern of drug distribution activity between the siblings.
How They Were Caught
Trevion Williams’s legal troubles began during a routine traffic stop on March 16, 2020, when Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputy Wilks pulled over a vehicle for defective lights on U.S. Highway 27. When the deputy approached, he detected the smell of marijuana.
Trevion, riding in the back seat, made a surprising admission to officers: he had just been released from prison and “should be tagged as a gang member.” When asked to empty his pockets, he revealed a bag containing 200 fentanyl tablets.
His brother’s arrest came almost exactly a year later on March 17, 2021, when Summerville Police Officer Jo Stricklin investigated a parked vehicle on Highland Avenue after smelling unburned marijuana. A search uncovered nearly 486 grams of methamphetamine, an unloaded Ruger .357 Magnum revolver, and drug distribution equipment including a vacuum sealer, bags, and scales.
The Impact on the Community
“Fentanyl is the number one killer of Americans ages 18 to 45, and methamphetamine hollows out entire communities,” District Attorney Clayton Fuller said. “These brothers thought they could profit by spreading that poison throughout Northwest Georgia. They were wrong.”
The cases were prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Michael E. Harty, who recently joined the District Attorney’s Office, with support from various staff members including witness coordinators, administrative assistants, and an investigator.
A co-defendant in George Williams’s case, Jayla Watts, had previously received a 15-year probation sentence.
B.T. Clark
B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.
