BOSTON – Julio Gomez, 30, of Lowell, Mass., was sentenced
yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 57 months in
prison and three years of supervised release.
In January 2015, Gomez pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of
a firearm.
On May 2, 2014, after law enforcement officers determined
that Gomez was trafficking firearms, they executed a federal search warrant at
43 Elm Street, Apartment 4, in Lowell, Mass.
During a search of the residence, which was used by Gomez and others as
a base of operation in an illegal gun trafficking business, officers seized a
Remington Arms rifle, a WASR-10 rifle, and a High Standard revolver loaded with
nine rounds of ammunition, as well as an additional 193 rounds of ammunition.
During an interview, Gomez admitted to selling 12 to 14
firearms to two men from Boston. Gomez
explained that he was the middleman for the transactions and that he found
buyers for people looking to sell firearms.
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Daniel J. Kumor,
Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives, Boston Field Division; and Lowell Police Superintendent William
Taylor, made the announcement today. The
case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tobin of Ortiz’s Major Crimes
Unit.
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