BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on firearm and drug charges.
Douglas Norris, 40, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release. In December 2018, Norris was convicted by a federal jury of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, one count of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
On June 20, 2017, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Norris’ home, where they recovered a backpack containing a fully loaded Smith & Wesson, model 6906, 9 mm pistol; 21 additional rounds of assorted ammunition; plastic baggies containing more than 32 grams of cocaine and more than 46 grams of crack cocaine; and two digital scales. Elsewhere in the house, police found an additional 25 grams of cocaine and cocaine base, a kilo press, an electronic money counter, calibration weights, and five additional scales. Norris was prohibited from possessing a firearm based on a prior conviction.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Kelly Brady, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Field Division; Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz; and Brockton Police Chief John Crowley made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert E. Richardson and Elianna Nuzum of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
