WORCESTER, MA — A Worcester man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts.
Gilbert Morin, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to six years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The USAO said Morin was indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2025. He was arrested and charged in state court on May 30, 2025, and has remained in custody since then.
The federal case stemmed from an incident outside a downtown Worcester nightclub last May. Police responded to a report of a man with a firearm there, but were unable to find the person at the scene, according to the USAO. Officers then drove a short distance away and saw a man who appeared to be concealing an item in his hand.
When police tried to stop him, that man, later identified as Morin, ran, according to the USAO. After a foot chase, police apprehended him and found that he possessed a stolen Taurus pistol loaded with ammunition.
Federal prosecutors said Morin was prohibited from possessing a firearm because he had previously been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison. That status formed the basis of the federal felon-in-possession charge.
The sentencing announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley, Thomas Greco, special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Boston Field Division, and Worcester Police Chief Paul Saucier, according to the release. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kaitlin J. Brown of the Worcester Branch Office.
Court records cited in the release show he will serve the prison term first, followed by three years of supervised release.
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