Lowell Man Convicted of Firearms Charges

            CONCORD, N.H. – Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that a federal jury found Laveneur Jackson, 41, of Lowell, Massachusetts, guilty of two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.  The verdict was returned on Tuesday, September 28, 2021.

            According to trial exhibits and witness testimony during the two-day jury trial, Jackson was prohibited from possessing firearms due to multiple prior felony convictions.  Despite this, on two separate occasions in December of 2016, Jackson unlawfully obtained firearms by having an acquaintance purchase them for him at two separate federally-licensed gun stores in New Hampshire.  Jackson then sold the guns to others in Massachusetts. 

             Jackson, who is detained, faces up to ten years in prison on each count of conviction.  He is scheduled to be sentenced on January 11, 2022. 

            “To protect the public from violent crime, we must keep guns out of the hands of criminals,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Farley.  “By unlawfully obtaining guns and then selling them in Massachusetts, this defendant was engaging in conduct that jeopardized public safety.  Thanks to the hard work of the investigators and prosecutors who worked on this matter, a federal jury had held Mr. Jackson accountable for his dangerous and unlawful conduct.”

             “Part of law enforcement’s efforts to reduce violent crime is removing weapons from the hands convicted felons like Laveneur Jackson" said ATF Boston Special Agent in James M. Ferguson. "This guilty verdict should serve notice of the ATF’s commitment to the citizens of New Hampshire and to our continued work with our law enforcement partners and the U.S. Attorney’s Office to make our community safer for everyone.”

            This matter was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Manchester Police Department.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Anna Krasinski and Seth R. Aframe, as well as former Assistant United States Attorney Shane B. Kelbley. 

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