23-year-old sentenced to life in prison after jury finds him guilty of homicide and attempted homicide charges
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Xaviyaun Jacquez Williams, 23, was found guilty by a jury today on first-degree homicide, second-degree attempted homicide, and attempted felony murder charges and was sentenced to life in prison.
On January 18, 2021, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence in the Linton Oaks area and found that 22-year-old Trevaughn Wilkerson had been shot; he later died from his injuries.
The investigation found that Wilkerson and a second victim were in an SUV and had been communicating with Williams about buying narcotics; the second victim said he saw Williams get out of a vehicle, display a handgun, and demand narcotics and money; when Wilkerson refused to comply with the demands, Williams shot him through the window of the SUV. The second victim said Williams also shot at him, but the gun appeared to malfunction and no rounds were fired; he said Williams took a bag of narcotics and several hundred dollars in cash from Wilkerson before leaving.
Today, a jury found Williams guilty of first-degree murder for Wilkerson’s death, a lesser included offense of attempted second-degree murder for shooting the second victim, and attempted felony murder for shooting the second victim during a robbery attempt.
It is often the case that defendants who go to trial and are found guilty by a jury receive severe sentences, and Judge William Davis sentenced Williams to three lengthy sentences, all consecutive to each other (i.e., one sentence is served before the second one starts): a life sentence for first-degree murder, 30 years for attempted second-degree murder, and a life sentence for attempted felony murder.
Cornelius Christopher Allen, Jr., who allegedly helped Williams search the SUV for items to take from the victims, and Jonah Alexander Maultsby, who allegedly served as lookout, were also arrested in connection with the case. Allen was found mentally incompetent to proceed to trial and was released to his family in June 2021; a sworn complaint from March 2023 charged Allen with unlawfully carrying a concealed firearm after he was found with a gunshot wound, but he has not been booked on that charge. Maultsby was charged with accessory after the fact, entered a plea of nolo contendere to robbery, and was sentenced to nine months in jail in 2021; he is currently in the Alachua County Jail, facing charges of human trafficking and sexual battery on a victim under the age of 12.
Bad choices.
No need to ask him what he’ll be doing for the rest of his life.
See ya and I wouldn’t want to be ya
You got a bag of dope and several hundred dollars. Was it worth it dumbass?
Was the second victim, and prominent witness, charged with anything?
The second victim is only referred to by his initials, which probably means he was a juvenile at the time, and any charges would not be public records.
Used to live in that neighborhood when it was called Sugarfoot Oaks. Drugs and crime fueled by Section 8 hoodlums. Don’t break down in that neighborhood after dark.
There is something wrong with a system that finds someone mentally incompetent to pay the price for committing capital crimes, but releases him back into society and exposing innocent citizens to further activity against them.
Xaviyaun Jacquez ??? How was he named? By throwing out scrabble tiles?
If so, mom must have been cheating. Only 7 tiles are used if following the rules.
She used all seven letters on an open “n”, which gives a fifty-point bonus, and -set him up with free lodging, free meals and all the sex he can handle. Way to go, Parents.