Page 12 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2025 Federal Firearms Licensee sentenced to prison for firearm trafficking and ‘straw purchasing’ conspiracy O n January 10, 2025, a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) was sentenced in federal court in Boston for conspiring to illegally traffi c and straw purchase firearms. Cory Daigle, 30, of Revere, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to two years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In August 2024, Daigle pleaded guilty to one count of traffi cking in fi rearms; one count of illegal possession of a machine gun; one count of receipt or possession of unregistered fi rearm; one count of conspiracy to make false statements in records required to be kept by an FFL; and one count of aiding and abetting making false statements in records required to be kept by an FFL. Daigle was charged by criminal complaint in January 2023 along with Gustavo Rodriguez and Shakim Grant. He was subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2023. “Mr. Daigle utilized his status as a licensed fi rearms dealer to recklessly amass an alarming number of fi rearms. He knowingly sold multiple fi rearms to a person he knew was not eligible to own them … and then aided in concealing such criminal conduct in the immediate after one of those fi rearms was then used in the shooting,” said United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy. “This sentence and moreover, this case entirely, should be a warning to other licensed federal fi rearms dealers in Massachusetts, particularly in the Littleton Mill, that by selling illegal deadly weapons, you’re not only gambling with public safety — you’re gambling with your freedom.” “The illegal sale and transfer of fi rearms threaten the safety of our communities,” said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm and Explosives, Boston Field Division Special Agent in Charge, James M.
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