Quincy man under house arrest for firearm charge pleads guilty to more weapon charges

The Patriot Ledger
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BOSTON – A Boston gang member from Quincy pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing firearms and ammunition while a convicted felon and under house arrest for a state firearm charge, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Freily Cabral, 25, of Boston and Quincy, pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, prosecutors said.

In August 2021, Cabral was identified as the owner of a Snapchat account posting images of himself in possession of five firearms: a black Glock semiautomatic handgun with a flashlight attachment; a black Walther semiautomatic firearm; a silver Taurus revolver; a black semiautomatic firearm; and a brown and silver revolver, the U.S. attorney's office said.

During a search of Cabral’s Quincy residence in September 2021, authorities seized a Taurus .38 caliber revolver, a Hopkins and Allen .32 caliber revolver, .38-caliber and .32-caliber ammunition, hundreds of grams of marijuana packaged for sale and $23,000 in cash, prosecutors said.

At the time, Cabral was under house arrest with electronic monitoring following a November 2020 arrest for his second unlawful possession of a firearm charge. He was convicted in 2016 of unlawful possession of a firearm in Boston Municipal Court.

In 2017, Cabral was convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to one year in prison. Prosecutors say he is a member of the D Street gang.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing on the new charges for Dec. 14.

The charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana carries a sentence of up to five years in prison, at least two years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.

Quincy police assisted in the investigation.

This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Quincy man admits to weapon charges after guns shown on Snapchat