Crime & Safety

Exeter Man Sentenced for Gun Trafficking

Sean Meola received 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release.

An Exeter man was sentenced Friday on federal firearms charges.

Sean Meola, 42, formerly of 17 Browns Court was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release.

In October 2013, Meola pleaded guilty to being a previously convicted felon in possession of firearms. On Jan. 14, 2013, he negotiated with an undercover federal agent for the sale of a number of firearms. He and another individual arrived at a prearranged location and sold the undercover agent three semi-automatic handguns and two shotguns for which Meola received $1,200.

Further investigation revealed that the weapons had been recently stolen from a home in New Hampshire. 

Meola was arrested in Exeter in February of 2013 after a 3-hour standoff with police.

U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division, made the announcement Friday. The case was prosecuted by Kenneth G. Shine of Ortiz’s Major Crimes Unit.

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