A brazen Boston gangbanger who couldn't resist showing off his illegal heat on Snapchat while under house arrest has copped a plea, authorities announced yesterday. Trevon Bell, a 27-year-old Heath Street gang member with a penchant for flaunting firearms on social media, has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of the same, despite being monitored by GPS on three separate state firearm charges, as released by the United States Attorney's Office.
Bell, who hails from the streets of Boston and Lynn, found himself facing up to a decade behind bars after the U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV set his sentencing for the leap day of February 29, 2024. Flaunting his disregard for law enforcement, the man posted multiple videos on Snapchat showing him with various firearms, including the one where he was intercepted. The first video, dated November 24, 2021, showed Bell with a menacing black semi-automatic Glock 9 millimeter, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office. The gun has since been recovered.
The Heath Street hoodlum was snared as part of a larger 2021 investigation into his gang's notorious illegal activities. In an embarrassing twist for the gangster, his penchant for posing with pistols on Snapchat became his undoing when law enforcement intercepted a "chat" featuring individuals regularly boasting with their boomsticks, with Bell identified amongst the rabble.
Sentences for this charge could result in Bell being put away for a maximum of 10 years, tacked on with up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of as much as $250,000. Yet these numbers are not set in stone but will be determined by a federal district court judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors, the U.S. Attorney's Office clarified.
The acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy, along with ATF and DEA officials, praised the joint task force's success. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Pohl of the Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit.
