BOSTON – A Worcester man was sentenced today in connection with brandishing a loaded sawed-off shotgun in December 2019.
Steven Dillon, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 43 months in prison and three years of supervised release. On Sept. 27, 2021, Dillon pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and one count of unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm.
On Dec. 25, 2019, Dillon went out drinking following a family Christmas dinner. He returned to his apartment intoxicated and approached the teenagers who had stayed home. After arguing with the teenagers, he went to his bedroom and retrieved a sawed-off shot gun, which he cocked while walking down the hall towards the room occupied by the teenagers. The teenagers barricaded themselves in the bedroom and contacted police. When police arrived, they found Dillon in the apartment and the shotgun and ammunition in his bedroom. Dillon was previously convicted of a felony punishable by more than one year in prison and therefore prohibited from possessing a firearm.
United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins; James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; and Worcester Police Chief Steven M. Sargent made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristen Noto of Rollins’ Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.
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