SUPERIOR COURT
The sister of one of the primary targets of a 2021 Jones County Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case entered a guilty plea that included the requirement of testifying against her codefendants.
Havon M. Abdulrahman was sentenced Oct. 27 to 15 years for the Violation of the RICO Act with the first three years to serve in confinement. The remainder of her sentence may be served on probation.
The plea was accepted by Chief Superior Court Judge Brenda Trammell, and special prosecutor John Ragan handled the case for the state.
Abdulrahman was represented by Atlanta Defense Attorney Kimberly Cornwell.
Ragan explained to the court that the case involved a multijurisdictional wiretap, and Havon Abdulrahman is the sister of Hanad Sayid Abdulrahman, one of the targets of the case.
The prosecutor said Havon Abdulrahman was observed on the wiretap. He said she was arrested in Gwinnett County.
Ragan said the maximum sentence for violation of the Georgia RICO Act is 20 years, and the minimum is five years.
Jones County Sheriff Butch Reece held a press conference April 7, 2021, to announce the indictment of 103 individuals for Violation of Georgia’s RICO Act. Reece was surrounded at the press conference by officers from 13 law enforcement agencies that helped Jones County in the investigation of the case.
The sheriff said the investigation started in Jones County but reached to Atlanta. The drug investigation was opened into the sale and distribution of heroin and methamphetamine in June of 2019.
A PowerPoint presentation by Investigator Crystal Murphy gave an overview of the case. She said Willie Michael Wood, a resident of Jones County, was identified as a supplier in Jones and surrounding counties. As the investigation continued, Jerric Dywan Williams, aka ‘Duke,’ and Jason Montoya Renolds, aka ‘G,’ both of Macon, were identified as Wood’s drug sources. Moving up the chain, the investigator said Hanad Sayid Abdulrahman in Atlanta was identified as Williams’ supplier.
All three of those targets were convicted felons who were on probation for drug charges and had extensive criminal histories. Murphy said seizures during the RICO investigation included four kilograms of methamphetamine, four kilograms of cocaine, two kilograms of heroin and quantities of assorted other prescription medications and marijuana.
In addition to the drugs, 14 firearms and over $110,000 in U.S. currency were also seized.
The result of the investigation was the indictment of 103 individuals handed down by a grand jury April 6, 2021. Each of the individuals was charged on three counts in the indictment.
The agencies involved in the investigation were the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, GBI West Metro Regional Drug Enforcement Officers, Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorney’s Office, Georgia Prosecuting Attorney’s Council, Bibb County S.O., Brookhaven P.D., Gwinnett County S.O., Atlanta P.D., DeKalb County SWAT, Gray P.D., Twiggs County S.O., Georgia Department of Community Supervision and the Georgia State Patrol.
