Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BURLINGTON â A self-admitted street gang member from Springfield, Mass., who authorities say traveled to Vermont to illegally buy two handguns, was ordered detained Thursday pending trial in federal court on charges of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms. Tahj McCormick, 25, who said he was part of the âSycamore Street Posse,â is facing charges he paid $700 for two Glock firearms in an undercover operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Brattleboro last Friday, officials said. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy, following a two-day hearing, ruled Thursday afternoon that McCormick was both a danger to the community and a risk to flee.