Ashburnham Man Sentenced for Firearms Offenses

BOSTON – An Ashburnham man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for selling firearms on three occasions in 2019 in Fitchburg.

Terrick Bishoff, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to five years in prison and three years of supervised release. In July 2020, Bishoff pleaded guilty to one count each of unlawful possession or transfer of a machine gun, dealing in firearms without a license and possession of a machinegun without a serial number.

On three separate occasions in 2019, Bishoff sold firearms to a buyer he did not know in Fitchburg. On May 10, 2019, Bishoff sold a Glock-style pistol without a serial number and 54 rounds of 9mm ammunition in exchange for $580. Bishoff told the buyer that the firearm was “untraceable” and that it had been custom made for a silencer. On May 15, 2019, Bishoff again met with the buyer and sold him a machinegun without a serial number and a 25-round magazine. In return, the buyer paid Bishoff $2,500. On June 24, 2019, Bishoff sold the buyer a Glock-style firearm without a serial number and a magazine in exchange for $800. Bishoff told the buyer he was getting what he could before authorities started cracking down on firearms without serial numbers. 

Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell; Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; Colonel Christopher Mason, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; Ashburnham Police Chief Lorring Barrett, Jr.; Worcester Police Chief Steven M. Sargent; and Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michelle L. Dineen Jerrett and Kristen Noto of Mendell’s Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.