United States of America v. Isaiah Johnson

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully purchasing a semi-automatic pistol for an unlicensed individual.

In February 2024, Isaiah Johnson, 24, of Merrimack, N.H., purchased a tan-colored 9-millimeter Glock 19X semi-automatic pistol from a gun store in New Hampshire, for a co-conspirator who was ineligible for a gun license. Johnson ultimately delivered the firearm to the co-conspirator approximately one week later.
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In December 2024, the co-conspirator was arrested at his Brockton residence on state charges in connection with an investigation into a high-end car theft enterprise responsible for approximately 63 stolen vehicles worth more than $2.6 million. The firearm Johnson had purchased, as well as two large-capacity magazines, were located during a search of the Brockton residence. Videos posted online show the co-conspirator firing the same firearm while it was equipped with a “selector switch,” rendering it a fully automatic weapon. The video was filmed nearby a public school in Brockton where approximately 43 9-millimeter shell casings and 10 .40 caliber shell casings were later located.

The co-conspirator was later charged in Brockton Superior Court with firearm and other charges in connection with the car theft investigation.

The charge of firearm trafficking by unlawful delivery provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Thomas Greco, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division made the announcement. Valuable assistance was provided by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office; Homeland Security Investigations; U.S. Postal Inspection Service; and the Brockton (Mass.), Merrimack (N.H.) and Manchester (N.H.) Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Cutshall of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit is prosecuting the case.

The Defendant elected to plead guilty.