Dorchester Shooter Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison, Reports U.S. Attorney

30 March 2006

A Dorchester man was sentenced today in federal court for the April 28, 2005, unlawful possession of ammunition after a shooting in Brockton, Massachusetts.

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Glenn N. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in New England, announced today that CLIVE McFARLANE, age 22, of 31 Lindsey Street, Apartment 1, in Dorchester, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel to 15 years' imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. McFARLANE was convicted by a trial jury of being a felon in possession of ammunition which had traveled in interstate commerce on January 4, 2006.

Evidence presented during trial proved that at approximately 7:00 p.m., on April 28, 2005, a shooting occurred in a shopping mall parking lot at the intersection of Warren Avenue and Pleasant Street in Brockton. Brockton Police Detective David Delehoy, in plain clothes, happened to be passing the area on his way to work when he heard six shots being fired. A group of several individuals was seen standing in the parking lot and two men emerged from the group. One appeared to be chasing the other. Detective Delehoy observed the two men and eventually confronted the first man (later identified as McFARLANE's victim) while McFARLANE was closing in on the first man. The victim told Detective Delehoy that he was being chased by McFARLANE and that McFARLANE was trying to shoot him (the victim was examined at the police station and found to have suffered a gunshot wound and was then treated at a local hospital). Detective Delehoy then saw McFARLANE place an object in a trash can in a nearby yard. No other individuals were in the area. The detective then told McFARLANE to puts his hands in the air. After back-up officers arrived, police found a .38 caliber with an obliterated serial number in the trash can. It was found to contain six spent .38 caliber shell casings. Officers subsequently found three of the ammunition projectiles in the shopping mall parking lot (the firearm, a Smith & Wesson, was manufactured in Massachusetts. The ammunition, however, was manufactured outside of Massachusetts. As a result, McFARLANE was charged with possession of ammunition by a felon).

The case was investigated by the ATF and Brockton Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul R. Moore of Sullivan's Major Crimes Unit.

Source: prnewswire

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