BOSTON - A Honduran national residing in Revere was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with illegally possessing a firearm.
Jamir Chicas-Hernandez, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Mark L. Wolf to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Chicas-Hernandez will face deportation proceedings upon the completion of his sentence. In May 2017, Hernandez pleaded guilty to one count of being an alien in possession of a firearm.
In 2015 and 2016, a federal investigation identified a network of street gangs which had created alliances to traffic firearms and drugs throughout Massachusetts and generate violence against rival gang members. Based on the investigation, 53 defendants were indicted in June 2016 on federal firearm and drug charges, including defendants who are allegedly leaders, members, and associates of the 18th Street Gang, the East Side Money Gang and the Boylston Street Gang. These gangs operated primarily in the East Boston, Boston, Chelsea, Brockton, Malden, Revere and Everett areas. During the course of the investigation, over 70 firearms, cocaine, cocaine base (crack), heroin and fentanyl were seized.
On April 29, 2015, Chicas-Hernandez was involved in the illegal sale of a Ruger Blackhawk.357 Magnum revolver to a cooperating witness working for law enforcement at an apartment on Endicott Street in Revere. The sale of the firearm was arranged through two individuals who were identified as members of the 18th Street Gang during the investigation.
Chicas-Hernandez is the 13th defendant to plead guilty in this case.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb; Mickey D. Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; Matthew Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston; John Gibbons, U.S. Marshal of the District of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey; Colonel Richard D. McKeon, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; Boston Police Commissioner William Evans; Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes; and Brockton Police Chief John Crowley made the announcement today. The U.S. Attorney’s Office also acknowledges the assistance of the Suffolk and Middlesex County Sheriff Departments and the Malden, Revere and Everett Police Departments.
The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The remaining defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
