Press Release
☷Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Firearm and Drug Offenses
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( By Press Release office)
Mar 07,2024
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This operation was part of a program called Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces ( OCDETF ) Strike Force Initiative , where different agencies work together to take down major drug dealers , money launderers , gangs , and transnational criminal organizations . You can find more information about the program at https://www . justice . gov/OCDETF . The announcement was made by Acting U . S . Attorney Joshua S . Levy , James M . Ferguson , Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ) , Boston Division , and Brian D . Boyle , Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) , New England Division . The Boston , Quincy , and Lynn Police Departments helped with the investigation . Assistant U . S . Attorney Christopher Pohl from the Criminal Division handled the case . The defendant got caught posting pictures on Snapchat with guns while on probation . A guy from Boston got sentenced yesterday for having an illegal gun with a scratched - off serial number while on probation for a previous gun charge . Dane Mitchell , a 32 - year - old from Boston and Revere , got seven years in prison and three years of probation from U . S . District Court Chief Judge F . Dennis Saylor IV . In October 2023 , Mitchell pleaded guilty to being a felon with a gun and ammo and having cocaine with the intent to sell . In 2021 , during an investigation into a violent Boston gang , they found out Mitchell owned a Snapchat account where he often posted pictures of himself with guns . Some of the pictures even showed his face and his car with bullet holes after he got shot at . Mitchell wasn ' t supposed to have guns or ammo because of a previous conviction in 2018 in Maine where he got 27 months in prison and three years of probation for illegally transporting guns . When they searched Mitchell ' s place in Revere in December 2021 , they found a Taurus . 380 caliber pistol with a scratched - off serial number , ammo , bags of cocaine , cocaine base , fentanyl , stuff to cut drugs , a digital scale , a blender , and a press for packaging drugs .
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