STOKESDALE, N.C.-- A man who was indicted for making risks versus federal representatives entered a plea contract on Monday.

According to court documents made available Monday, representation for Stephen Jike Williams entered a plea agreement where the Stokesdale male would plead guilty to among the 4 counts he was prosecuted on.

Williams is implicated of having actually threatened an FBI representative who came to his home to ask about threatening messages supposedly sent from Williams's email address to a not-for-profit organization and then produced multiple threatening videos for two separate TikTok accounts alluding to the previous interaction with the representative and a Guilford County Sheriff's Office deputy.

The plea agreement, signed by Williams and his lawyer, specifies that Williams will plead guilty to one count of communicating threats via interstate commerce. The other 3 charges, two more counts of interacting risks and one count of threatening a federal agent, will be dismissed.

The guilty plea for communicating hazards includes a jail sentence of no greater than five years and a maximum fine of $250,000. There might also be a supervisory duration after his release of no greater than 3 years.

The charges

The allegations versus Williams, who published country music on spotify under the name Jike Williams, come from an October 2022 encounter with an FBI agent at his home in Stokesdale.

In September 2022, a non-profit called The Good Information Foundation got a threatening email that they reported to police.

On Oct. 3, 2022, an agent went to Williams's Stokesdale home to ask him questions about the email. Williams apparently ran towards the officer's lorry and yelled, "Why the (curse) are you on my home?" He then screamed about the "stolen" 2020 election and presumably called the female agent a "b---" numerous times and told a deputy present to apprehend her and "have her executed for treason and sedition."

On Oct. 7, 2022, the FBI National Threat Operation Center received a complaint from somebody who said that they had seen a TikTok in which a man was "threatening to kill FBI agents." He provided a link to the video and a screenshot from the video that revealed that it had actually been posted by "jikewilliamsofficial.".

Stephen Jike Williams (mugshot from FCSO).

The video, entitled "F- - the FBI," showed Williams speaking to the electronic camera, ostensibly about the encounter he had actually had on the previous Monday at his home.

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F - the FBI," court files allege Williams stated in the video.

Court files declare numerous more videos of a threatening nature published by the "jikewilliamsofficial" or "jikewilliams" TikTok account, some of them referencing conspiracy theories like the New World Order or the "Died Suddenly" story around COVID-19 vaccinations, including threatening declarations about the head of Pfizer.

An arrest warrant was released on Nov. 8, 2022 and he was apprehended on Nov. 18, 2022.

During a court look on Nov. 23, 2022, information of an exchange between Williams and a FedEx chauffeur were exposed. According to the prosecution, Williams flashed a weapon at the chauffeur and asked if he was with the FBI, claiming he had "bunkers" in his yard so he might hide from police.

A search of the residential or commercial property exposed several large holes dug into the back of the property, which appear to be the "bunkers" he referenced.

Prosecutors said in court they likewise have a bodycam video they say show Williams informing a deputy, "I'm happy it didn't take place at my home since it would have ended in a different way. I understand you're just doing your task, keeping me from killing two FBI representatives.".

On Nov. 28, 2022, he was indicted by a grand jury on 3 counts of interacting hazards by means of interstate interaction and one count of threatening a federal authorities.

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In December, Williams waived his right to appear at his arraignment. Court files describe the issue that Williams would be a risk to the neighborhood if launched, and that his distrust and hostility towards law enforcement would put anybody assigned to monitor him in danger, in addition the file lays out concerns that he would try to block justice by intimidating or threatening witnesses or not appear at his court dates.

The court ruled to keep Williams in custody based on these claims, factoring in a prior arrest associated to domestic violence and convictions for driving while impaired, the documents show, stating "the Court has major issues as the security of the neighborhood," calling Williams "confrontational, violent and threatening.".

More details about the allegations versus Williams can be found here.

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