Massachusetts man sentenced to prison for transporting guns from Alabama to Massachusetts – Fall River Reporter

BOSTON – A Boston man has been convicted in federal court of illegally transporting dozens of firearms from Alabama to Massachusetts.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, Jahquel Pringle, 26, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In February 2024, Pringle pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to illegally transport firearms; two counts of illegally transporting or receiving in the state of residence a firearm purchased or acquired outside the state of residence; and two counts of felon in possession of a firearm. Pringle was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2022 along with co-defendants Brandon Moore, Jarmori Brown and Kobe Smith.

Pringle, Brown, Moore and Smith conspired to obtain at least 24 firearms from Alabama, where Moore lived, and then transport them to Boston. On two separate trips in July and August 2020, Pringle traveled from Boston to Alabama on a commercial bus to collect Moore's firearms, then transported the firearms, concealed in his luggage, from return to Boston by bus. At least seven firearms have been recovered on the streets of Boston and surrounding communities. Pringle was filmed firing one of the guns in Alabama. Pringle is prohibited from possessing firearms due to a prior felony conviction.

In July 2023, Brown was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to his role in the conspiracy. Moore's case was transferred to the Middle District of Alabama where he has since pleaded guilty. Smith pleaded guilty in March 2024 and will be sentenced on June 12, 2024.

Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and James M. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Field Division, made this announcement. This case was prosecuted by the Major Crimes Unit.