BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today for conspiring to illegally transport firearms from Alabama into Massachusetts.
Kobe Smith, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
Smith was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2022, along with co-defendants Jahquel Pringle, Jarmori Brown, and Brandon Moore, for conspiring to obtain at least 24 firearms from Alabama and transport them to Boston.
Smith would place orders with Moore for firearms, and in January 2020, Moore personally delivered at least one firearm obtained in Alabama to Pringle in Boston.
In two separate trips in July and August 2020, Pringle traveled from Boston to Alabama on a commercial bus to pick up firearms from Moore and then transported them, concealed in luggage, back to Boston. Pringle was joined by Brown for the August trip.
At least seven of the firearms have been recovered from the streets of Boston and surrounding communities.
Other defendants in the case have also been sentenced. In July 2023, Brown was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In May 2024, Moore was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In June 2024, Pringle was sentenced to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
The case was prosecuted by the Major Crimes Unit, and it is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program aimed at reducing gun violence and other violent crime.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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