Tevin Abercrombie, Felon in Possession of Firearm, Massachusetts 2024

BOSTON – A Boston man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Tevin Abercrombie, 29, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

In January 2024, Abercrombie was convicted by a federal jury of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

On April 30, 2020, while responding to shots fired, officers stopped a vehicle that was of interest. During that stop, Abercrombie was found to be in possession of a black Taurus 9mm pistol with an obliterated serial number loaded with one round in the chamber and an additional seven rounds of 9mm ammunition in the magazine.

In 2016, Abercrombie was convicted in federal court of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, cocaine and heroin and sentenced to 60 months in prison. Abercrombie was on federal supervised release at the time of this offense.

Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy; James M. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys John T. Dawley and Fred M. Wyshak, III of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit prosecuted the case.

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