Springfield Man Sentenced for Possessing a Firearm and Ammunition After Being Convicted of a Felony

BOSTON – A previously convicted felon from Springfield, Mass. was sentenced on July 3, 2025, in federal court in Springfield, Mass. for unlawfully possessing a firearm. At the time of the offense, the defendant was on supervised release for a federal heroin trafficking conviction.

Sean Krasin, 31, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Mark Mastroianni to 80 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In January 2025, Krasin pleaded guilty to being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.  

On June 20, 2022, Krasin possessed a Glock .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun. Krasin was arrested after attempting to evade arrest by jumping from the second-floor parking garage at the Holyoke Mall and running through a heavily wooded area adjacent to the mall. At the time of the offense, he was on supervised release for a 2018 heroin trafficking conviction out of federal court in Springfield, for which he was sentenced to five years in federal prison.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Scott Riordan, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms in New England; Colonel Geoffrey Nobel of the Massachusetts State Police; and Brian Keenan, Chief of the Holyoke Police Department made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd E. Newhouse of the Springfield Branch Office prosecuted the case.