Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Handgun with an Obliterated Serial Number

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Adam Gomez, age 26, of Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing a handgun with an obliterated serial number.

United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Matthew Scarpino, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), made the announcement. 

Gomez admitted that on September 8, 2022, in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Albany County, he unlawfully possessed a Glock 17 handgun with an obliterated serial number. 

Gomez faces a maximum term of 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release up to 3 years.  A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors. 

HSI investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Belliss is prosecuting the case.