Ashley Bigsbee, Conspiracy to Possess, Store and Sell Stolen Firearms, Massachusetts 2016

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Boston Woman Sentenced for Conspiracy to Sell Stolen Guns

BOSTON – Ashley Bigsbee, 27, of Dorchester, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release for her role in the sale of machine guns and handguns stolen from the US Army Reserve Center in Worcester.

In January 2016, Bigsbee and two co-defendants, Tyrone James and James Morales, were indicted for conspiracy to possess, store and sell stolen firearms; possession and sale of stolen firearms; and lying to federal agents. In December 2016, Bigsbee pleaded guilty to all charges.

On the night of Nov. 14, 2015, co-defendant James Morales allegedly broke into a weapons vault inside the Lincoln Stoddard US Army Reserve Center in Worcester and stole six M-4 Carbines and ten M-11 handguns. The following morning, Morales visited Bigsbee and James at their home in Dorchester and proposed that they assist him with selling a number of the weapons he had stolen.

Bigsbee and James then contacted numerous individuals via text message offering to sell the firearms for well below the market and street value. Through their efforts, James arranged for Morales to sell a number of the handguns, and conducted the sales in their apartment on Nov. 15, 2015. In exchange for their assistance with selling the stolen weapons, Morales gave James and one of the M-4 Carbines.

During an interview on Nov. 20, 2015, Bigsbee lied to federal agents concerning her knowledge of the sale of the firearms. Following her arrest on Nov. 27, 2015, Bigsbee arranged to contact the acquaintance from Kingsdale Street asking him to leave the duffle bag outside on the sidewalk for police. Bigsbee then directed agents to Kingsdale Street, where the final M-4 Carbine was recovered from a duffle bag on the sidewalk.

Co-defendant Tyrone James is scheduled to be sentenced on March 24, 2017, and James Morales is scheduled for trial on April 10, 2017. The charges against Morales are allegations and he is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the court of law.