Boston Gang Member Sentenced for Federal Firearm Offense

BOSTON – A Boston man, affiliated with the Vine/Forest Street and Orchard Park gangs, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.

Quantae Elmore, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In July 2019, Elmore pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

On May 4, 2018, police officers encountered Elmore with a loaded firearm in his waistband on Zeigler Street, in the Orchard Gardens development of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, in the company of other Vine/Forest Street and Orchard Park gang members. Elmore had previously been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison and was therefore prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm and ammunition.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Field Division; and Boston Police Commissioner William Gross made the announcement today.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. PSN is part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.