KC man convicted of striking federal officer with car faces up to 8 years in prison

Geno A. Williams was agitated when he checked in for an appointment at a Kansas City Social Security Administration office on Independence Avenue.

According to prosecutors who convicted him Tuesday of assaulting a federal employee, Williams arrived at the office in May 2015 with his two minor children, promptly acted confrontational toward on-duty protective officers and began to film the officers with his cell phone.

The officers told Williams that he could not film in the facility.

Williams, 53, of Kansas City, complained that he was being harassed. He was asked to leave the property.

What happened next could land Williams in federal prison without parole for up to eight years.

According to prosecutors, Williams told officers “he knew who they were” as he left the building. Interpreting his comment as a threat, two officers followed him outside and began to follow through on orders from a supervisor to detain him.

One officer tried to talk to Williams through a side door, but Williams had entered his car and locked the doors. The officer tried to open the door and another officer walked to the back of the vehicle to call in his license plate.

Williams then backed his vehicle into the officer. Though the officer screamed at him to stop, he continued to back up, causing injuries.

When another officer walked in front of his vehicle, Williams accelerated forward. The officer dove out of the way.

Williams was arrested later that day and the incident was captured on surveillance cameras.

Williams was convicted Tuesday in U.S. District Court of one count of assaulting a federal officer of employee.

His sentencing hearing has yet to be scheduled.