Ayoub Haddad, Unlawful Alien in Possession of Ammunition, Massachusetts 2025

Ayoub Haddad, a 24-year-old Moroccan national, has been indicted for being an unlawful alien in possession of ammunition in Massachusetts. Haddad was arrested and charged in March 2025.

According to the charging documents, Haddad was admitted into the United States in April 2012 on a temporary B-2 non-immigrant visa, which was obtained by his parent on his behalf as he was a minor at the time. His visa expired six months later in October 2012. Thereafter, Haddad no longer had a lawful basis to remain in the United States.

In June 2024, Haddad was identified as the driver of a vehicle involved in a shooting outside of an apartment complex in Lawrence. During a subsequent search of Haddad’s vehicle, an AR-15 style rifle bearing no serial number was allegedly found wrapped inside black t-shirt and stuffed between the radiator and the engine block in the engine compartment under the hood of the car. Twenty pieces of live .223 Remington Bronze full metal jacket rifle rounds were also allegedly located under the hood of the car.

The charge of being an unlawful alien in possession of ammunition provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The defendant is subject to deportation proceedings upon completion of any sentence imposed.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley, Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division, Patricia H. Hyde, Field Office Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston, Lawrence Police Chief Maurice Aguiler, and Medford Police Chief Buckley made the announcement today.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus of the Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.

Haddad’s alleged crimes took place in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in June 2024. The details contained in the charging document are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the court of law.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/moroccan-national-living-medford-indicted-being-unlawful-alien-possession-ammunition