Acemar Damaceno, Alien in Possession of Firearms, Massachusetts 2024

BOSTON – A brazen crime has shaken the community in Weymouth, Massachusetts, where a Brazilian national has been charged with possessing firearms and ammunition. Acemar Damaceno, 37, has been taken into federal custody and will appear in court today to face the music.

According to court documents, Damaceno, who entered the United States illegally in 2002, was residing in Weymouth when federal law enforcement authorities received information that a man known as “Marcus” was offering to sell firearms to a cooperating witness. On March 11, 2017, the CW visited Marcus’ home in Weymouth, where Marcus allegedly stated that he would kill anybody for a fee.

Marcus proceeded to show the CW a .45 caliber handgun, a shotgun, and a bag containing various amounts of ammunition that Marcus hid in the basement of his residence. Marcus also allegedly offered to sell the .45 caliber handgun to the CW for $1500. The CW cooperated with law enforcement officers and identified Marcus as Acemar Damaceno.

On April 7, 2017, law enforcement officers stopped Damaceno in his vehicle as he left his home, at which time Damaceno admitted that he was not a citizen and that he was illegally present in the United States. Damaceno was administratively arrested. During a search of his residence, a .45 caliber Kimber Ultra Ten II pistol loaded with ten .45 caliber rounds of ammunition and an Iver Johnson Champion shotgun without a serial number were recovered.

A trace of the Kimber pistol determined that it was reported stolen in Connecticut in October 2011. The charge of being an alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition provides for a sentence of no greater than 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and deportation upon the completion of the imposed sentence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Soivilien of Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case. The details contained in the charging document are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the court of law.

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