Terrence Kenol, Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, Massachusetts 2021

A Worcester man has admitted to violating federal law by possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

Terrence Kenol, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in the U.S. District Court. Judge Timothy S. Hillman scheduled sentencing for May 13, 2022.

Kenol was indicted in October 2021 for the crime. On September 3, 2021, he was found with a firearm and a loaded magazine in his vehicle after driving around police cruisers that were blocking an active accident reconstruction scene on Granite Street in Worcester.

At the time of the offense, Kenol had been previously convicted of offenses that carried a possible maximum punishment of greater than one year in prison. Additionally, he was on probation for a prior state conviction of kidnapping and assault and battery.

The charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, up to 3 years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000.

United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins, James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division, and Worcester Police Chief Steven M. Sargent made the announcement today.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle L. Dineen Jerrett of Rollins’ Worcester Branch Office is prosecuting the case.

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