Brooklyn Man Sentenced for Possessing a Handgun with an Obliterated Serial Number

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Adam Gomez, age 27, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to 11 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possessing a handgun with an obliterated serial number.

United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Matthew Scarpino, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), made the announcement.

As part of his prior guilty plea, Gomez admitted that on September 8, 2022, in a parking lot of a shopping mall in Albany County, he unlawfully possessed a Glock 17 handgun with an obliterated serial number. 

HSI investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Belliss prosecuted the case.