Weymouth Man Allegedly Offers Murder-For-Hire Services

WEYMOUTH, MA -- A Brazilian man, who appears to be in the United States illegally, has been arrested on firearms charges after he allegedly told a federal agent he was a hitman, Fox25 Boston reports.

In March, Homeland Security received information that a man known as Marcus offered to sell guns to a federal agent, Fox25 reports.

The informant, who has worked with Homeland Security since 2010, said he met Marcus through a mutual friend.

On March 11, the informant visited Marcus at his Middle Street home in Weymouth where Marcus brought him to the basement and showed him two guns and a bag of various ammunition.

Marcus allegedly offered to get the man guns and told him that he would kill anybody for a fee.

With the help of Weymouth police, Marcus was identified as 36-year-old Acemar Damaceno, a Brazilian man who is allegedly in the country illegally, Fox25 reports.

On April 6, officials obtained a search warrant for Damaceno’s home. They stopped him that morning as he was leaving his home, where he admitted that he had entered the country illegally, according to reports.

He was arrested and officials entered his home. They allegedly found the guns Damaceno had shown to the informant, one of which was reported stolen out of Naugatuck, Connecticut in October 2011.

Police allegedly found the ammunition and learned that it had also been brought over state lines.

During Damaceno’s interview with law enforcement later that day, he allegedly admitted that the guns and ammunition were his.

He also allegedly told officials he is not a U.S. citizen and has been here since illegally crossing the United States/Mexico border without inspection in 2002.

Officials say Damaceno does not have a visa, driver’s license, or valid social security number.

Damaceno is in U.S. Marshals custody and has a bail hearing Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Boston.

See this story on Fox25 Boston.