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NOVEMBER 6, 2009
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BROCKTON MAN GETS 15 YEAR SENTENCE FOR GUN POSSESSION
Boston, MA... A Brockton man was sentenced today to fifteen years in prison after being convicted as a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Acting United States Attorney Michael K. Loucks; Glenn N. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Boston Field Division; Chief William K. Conlon of the Brockton Police Department; and Colonel Mark Delaney, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that WILLIE DANCY, age 34, formerly of Brockton, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns to 15 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. DANCY was found guilty following a jury trial on October 24, 2008.
On December 8, 2004, in Brockton, a person later identified as DANCY was observed carrying what appeared to be a semi-automatic weapon which he pointed at an occupied motor vehicle. DANCY was also observed firing a shot in the air after the vehicle sped away.
DANCY later struggled with the officers as he was being apprehended and attempted to pull the gun out of his jacket. He dropped the weapon, later identified as a 9mm semi-automatic handgun which had a live round in the chamber ready to fire and three live rounds in the clip. After being subdued, a second firearm, .22-caliber North American Arms five-shot revolver loaded with one live round, was recovered from DANCY’s jacket pocket. At the time of the incident, DANCY was a convicted state felon. Federal law prohibits individuals convicted of federal or state felonies from possessing firearms or ammunition.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Brockton Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Antoinette E.M. Leoney of Loucks’ Major Crimes Unit.
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