By JIM BUTLER

Christmas came early for Kaelin Williams though he’s headed to prison for 30 months. 

Williams, 27, of Alexandria pleaded guilty in federal court in August to illegally possessing a machine gun. 

According to U.S. Attorney Brandon Brown’s release, last week Williams was sentenced by Senior Judge Dee Drell. His sentence also includes two years’ supervised release. 

According to federal statutes the sentence for illegal possession of a machine gun is up to 10 years.  

Williams actually moved from arrest to sentencing in relatively swift fashion — nine months start to finish. 

On March 2 this year, a federal search warrant was executed on Williams and his brother’s residence in Alexandria. 

At the time of the execution of the search warrant, Williams was the sole occupant of the home and was found with two machine guns, both being Anderson Model AM-15 AR-Type multi-caliber pistols, each containing a machine gun conversion device. 

In addition, the release noted, law enforcement agents found several additional machine gun conversion devices, often referred to as “Glock switches.” 

Brown said that Williams acknowledged to agents that he knew the “Glock switches” were illegal and that they turned a firearm into a machine gun.

Records show Williams was previously arrested in March of last year, charged with two counts of OWI child endangerment having no driver’s license or proof of insurance and contempt  

A February 2021 arrest was for alleged domestic abuse battery.