Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Worcester has been indicted by a federal grand jury for trafficking firearms in the Worcester area.
Ranfli Felix Garcia Brito, 36, was indicted on one count of dealing in firearms without a license. Garcia Brito was previously charged by criminal complaint on July 17, 2025. He is currently in the custody.
According to the charging documents, in April 2025, Garcia Brito was identified as a firearms trafficker selling firearms and ammunition in Worcester. Subsequently, on April 11, 2025, Garcia Brito allegedly sold an AR-15 style rifle and extra high-capacity magazines to an individual cooperating with law enforcement in the parking lot of a Walmart Supercenter in Worcester. During the meeting, Garcia Brito allegedly provided the individual with his phone number in order to arrange future transactions. Five days later, on April 16, 2025, Garcia Brito allegedly met the individual again at the same location and sold another AR-15 style rifle along with another magazine loaded with 28 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition.
Garcia Brito is alleged to have met with the same individual in the parking lot on five additional occasions in the following months, during which he sold more than a dozen firearms, multiple large-capacity magazines, ammunition, a silencer and a laser attachment. In total, Garcia Brito allegedly sold over 20 firearms over the course of seven different occasions between April 11, 2025 and July 10, 2025.
The charge of dealing in firearms without a license provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The defendant is subject to deportation upon completion of any sentence imposed. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Feld Division; and Paul Saucier, Police Chief of the Worcester Police Department made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration; and the Franklin, Mansfield and Auburn Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kaitlin J. Brown of the Worcester Branch Office is prosecuting the case.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.