WORCESTER – A 24-year-old Worcester man was sentenced to 13 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Friday in federal court in Worcester for lying to federal firearms dealers and for possession of a stolen firearm.
Ruben Ramos was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 13 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
In March 2019, Ramos pleaded guilty to two counts of making false statements during the purchase of a firearm, five counts of making false statements in records required to be maintained by a federal firearm dealer, and one count of possession of a stolen firearm.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, in Dec. 2016, the Worcester Police Dept. issued Ramos, an employee of the U.S. Postal Service and member of the Army National Guard, a license to possess firearms.
Between May 2017 and May 2018, Ramos purchased at least 16 firearms — 14 pistols and two rifles. From March 2018 to May 2018, Ramos provided a false address at least five different times to dealers from firearm dealers.
In June 2018, Ramos told federal investigators that he only had six of the 16 guns that he purchased, admitted that he lied to firearm dealers on two occasions in May 2018 [Ramos claimed that he was buying the guns for himself, but was actually buying them for someone else], and admitted he had stolen a Beretta 9mm pistol from weapons vault at the Army National Guard facility on Plantation St. in Worcester.
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