Southbridge Man Faces Life in Prison For Selling Firearms and Ammunition

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Friday, July 24, 2015

GoLocalWorcester News Team

On Wednesday, a 33-year-old Southbridge man was convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition in United States District Court in Worcester.

Following an eight-day trial, Mark McForbes, aka “S-Dot,” 33, faces a sentence of up to life in prison, with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years. McForbes is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 14, 2015.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, on August 29, 2014, McForbes and a cooperating witness negotiated the sale of firearms and ammunition in Southbridge.  Later that evening, McForbes sold two loaded 9mm firearms to the cooperating witness at a Worcester residence. The jury convicted the defendant of possession of the two firearms and the ammunition contained therein.  The jury acquitted McForbes of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.  McForbes qualifies under federal law as an armed career criminal based upon prior criminal convictions.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); and Southbridge Police Chief Daniel Charette made the announcement today.  The case was tried by Assistant United States Attorneys Greg A. Friedholm and Michelle L. Dineen Jerrett of United States Attorney Ortiz’s Worcester Branch Office. The investigation was initiated by the ATF and the Southbridge Police Department with assistance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals Service, and the Worcester Police Department.

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