Man Sentenced For New Hampshire Federal Firearms Offenses

Monday, September 15, 2025, 6:30 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

CONCORD, NH.- Last Tuesday, a 24-year-old Massachusetts man was sentenced to over five years in federal prison for traveling from Massachusetts into New Hampshire with a co-defendant to illegally purchase firearms, which were subsequently used in violent crimes in Massachusetts.

     According to U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan, on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, Gicliff Rodriguez, 24, of Massachusetts, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe to 63 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty in May 2025, to Firearms Trafficking; and Being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm.

     On June 30, 2025, Rodriguez’s co-defendant, Rachael Cummings, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months of federal probation.

According To Court Documents

     According to documents filed with the District Court, in February 2024, Rodriguez and Cummings drove from Massachusetts to a firearms and ammunition store in New Hampshire, where Rodriguez instructed Cummings to purchase three semi-automatic firearms for him. As a previously convicted felon, Rodriguez was prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm or ammunition.

     Investigators later recovered two of the three handguns purchased for Rodriguez by Cummings after they were used in violent crimes in Massachusetts.

     “Federal law is clear: if you are prohibited from possessing a firearm, you cannot try to get around the restriction by having someone else buy one for you,” said U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan. “This defendant’s actions put the public in danger, and we will continue to prosecute those who attempt to sidestep the law at the expense of public safety.”