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Social Media Fail: Boston Felon Back In Prison After Viral Upload, Feds Say

Social media has the power to turn someone into a hero, a villain, a star, or a prisoner. That's something one Boston felon found out this week when he was convicted of a crime he documented on Snapchat. 

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Dane Mitchell, 32, of Boston and Revere, pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He was out on supervised release from a 2018 firearms conviction and is not allowed to have a gun. 

Mitchell was arrested in December 2021 after federal agents investigating a gang came across a Snapchat account that featured several videos of Mitchell posing with a pistol, the prosecutor said. 

Police searched Mitchell's home in Revere in December 2021 and found a loaded .380 caliber handgun with the serial number scratched off, authorities said. They found ammunition — which he is not allowed to have — several bags of cocaine — which no one is allowed to have — cocaine base, fentanyl, cutting agents, a digital scale, blender, and a press for packaging narcotics, officials continued. 

Mitchell faces up to 10 years in prison on the possession of a firearms charge, according to federal guidelines.

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