A Brockton man is accused of giving federal investigators a story about 24 guns that prosecutors say collapses under the paperwork. The firearms were purchased from Massachusetts dealers, but more than half later surfaced in criminal investigations across the Northeast.
The case returned to the spotlight Wednesday, when the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts announced that Klordenzsky Senecharles, 29, is charged with making materially false statements. The release describes an April arrest followed by his release on pretrial conditions, making Wednesday’s announcement an update to the federal case rather than a new arrest.
According to Boston 25 News, charging documents say Senecharles purchased 28 firearms between March 2020 and May 2021, then sold four of them. Federal investigators say the remaining 24 stayed registered to him, and Senecharles allegedly told agents he had sold 21 of those guns to licensed firearms dealers in Massachusetts.
Prosecutors say the dealers had no records showing they bought the firearms from him. That mismatch is the heart of the false-statements charge: investigators were asking where the guns went, and the explanation they allegedly received did not line up with the dealers’ records.
The Paper Trail Kept Turning Up Crime Guns
The investigation reportedly began after Boston police recovered a firearm connected to a June 2021 shots-fired investigation in Hyde Park. Universal Hub, citing an ATF affidavit, reported that another firearm tied to Senecharles later surfaced during a February 2024 double-fatality at a hotel in Boston’s Theater District.
Federal prosecutors say 13 of the 24 firearms were eventually recovered in connection with criminal investigations throughout the Northeast, including a Boston homicide on February 26, 2024. The current case concerns alleged false statements to investigators, and the accusations do not by themselves establish that Senecharles committed the crimes where the weapons were recovered.
What The Federal Charge Could Mean
The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of as much as $250,000, according to Boston 25 News. Any sentence would be determined by a federal judge under the applicable statutes and sentencing guidelines.
Senecharles remains presumed innocent unless prosecutors prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt in court. The federal investigation is being handled with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshals Service.
