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Firearm charges
New Haven
Police & Fire
Man Busted On Weapons Charges After Banging On Door At Milford Inn, Police Say
A 30-year-old man was busted on weapons charges after police allegedly found him banging on a Connecticut motel room door, police said. Raquan Brown, of the Bronx, was arrested Saturday, April 13, in New Haven County in Milford when the Milford Police Department received a complaint from the Milford Inn regarding a man with a firearm. The caller said Brown was "aggressively" banging on a woman's motel room door. The victim also reported seeing a firearm, Milford Police said. Brown was located in his vehicle in the parking lot. During a search of the vehicle, officers locate…
Hampden
Police & Fire
Men Attempt To Carjack Springfield Police Detective, Get Free Ride To Jail Instead: Police
Two men who attempted to steal a car from a plainclothes Springfield police detective left empty-handed, but did end up getting a free lift to jail. Dannie Abrew, 20, and Devin Abrew, 19, both of Springfield, face multiple felonies following the incident on Friday, March 29, Springfield police say. A plainclothes detective was sitting in his car in the area on Reed Street around 8:15 p.m. when he heard a metallic tap on his driver's side window. He turned to see Danne Abrew pointing a gun at his head while Devin circled the unmarked police car, authorities said. The detective s…
Worcester
Police & Fire
Cold Case: 2 Charged With 30-Year-Old Killing Of Teenager In Fitchburg
Two men have been charged with the fatal shooting of a teenager in 1993 in Worcester County, authorities announced on Monday, March 25. Robert D’Lucca, 49, and Lawrence Calafell, 51, of Gardner, were indicted on one count of murder in the death of 15-year-old Deondray Atwood, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said. They were also indicted on charges of armed assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license, and possession of ammunition without an FID card. The duo are accused of shooting into a parked car on…
Stafford
Police & Fire
Armed Felon Arrested Following Pursuit In Stafford: Sheriff
A 33-year-old felon wanted on multiple warrants was captured after authorities performed a high-risk stop, ending a Stafford pursuit, the sheriff's office said. Markus Collins, a convicted felon, had been wanted on drug and firearms charges when a sheriff's deputy spotted him getting into a vehicle on Wwarrenton Roadand Banks Ford Parkway around 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, a spokesman for the sheriff's office said. Collins got into a vehicle at one of the motels on Warrenton Road motels. As the vehicle traveled on Warrenton Road, Sergeant B.U. Demirci and Deputy C.M. Sterne responded to…
Arlington
Police & Fire
Police Helicopter Helps Track Down DC Tourists Wanted Following Shooting Incident
Three people are facing charges in the nation's capital after being caught up in a shooting incident in Northwest DC overnight with booze in their vehicle, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. On Thursday night, officers on patrol at around 8:15 p.m. responded to sounds of gunshots near the intersection of Florida Avenue and W Street NW, though they were initially unable to identify a possible shooter. Witnesses were able to provide first responders with a description of their car, and using a department helicopter, they were able to relay its location to officers, who stopped t…
Atlantic
Police & Fire
Police, SWAT Team Seize Explosives, Guns, Pills From Somers Point Man: Prosecutors
An Atlantic County man was charged after police found him with explosives, guns, and a large amount of prescription pills, authorities said. Michael James, 30, of Somers Point, was ordered on Friday, Mar. 8 to be detailed in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on several gun and drug charges, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. He was arrested at his home on Colwick Drive on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Investigators said James had "distribution-level quantities" of alprazolam and diazepam. Police also seized explosives, several guns, and ammunition from hi…
Worcester
Police & Fire
Mom, Daughter, 11, ID'd As Fatal Worcester Shooting Victims; One Man Busted, Second On The Run
A 28-year-old woman who was a member of the Army National Guard and her 11-year-old daughter have been identified as the two killed in Worcester on Tuesday, March 5. Chasity Nunez and her daughter Zella Nunez were shot and killed inside their car in the area of Lisbon Street at Englewood Avenue around 3 p.m. Chasity leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter named Isla, reports said. Photos of the car show multiple bullet holes in the driver's side window. Karel Mangual, 28, was arrested and charged with armed assault to murder and carrying a firearm without a license. Poli…
Delaware
Police & Fire
Suspected Shooter 'Armed And Dangerous,' Upland Police Say
Authorities in Upland are warning residents to keep an eye out for an alleged gunman. Okorya Martel Craig-Dill is wanted for aggravated assault and firearm charges, borough police said in a release. Officials said the 31-year-old shot at a car as it fled north on the 800 block of Mulberry Street on Saturday, Dec. 23. The victim used to live in a house on the block and had showed up to collect their belongings, but had gotten in a "physical altercation" with Craig-Dill, who went inside and grabbed a gun, according to investigators. Police said Craig-Dill fled the ar…
Worcester
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Busted After He's Caught Running From Worcester Shooting: Police
A teenager has been charged after police say he fired a gun on Birch Street in Worcester and ran away. Christian Tian-Salvador, 19, was arrested after police were dispatched to that area around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, after officers received a Shotspotter alert, Worcester police said. A responding officer saw him running up a flight of stairs to a nearby home when police arrived at the scene, police said. Officers also found evidence that shots had been fired and a loaded handgun in a common area of the apartment. Tian-Salvador was arrested after officers spoke with witn…
Stamford
Police & Fire
Man, 41, Charged With Manslaughter Of Stamford Woman, Police Say
A Fairfield County man has been charged with manslaughter in the Sept. 2022 death of his girlfriend following an investigation. Anthony Ray Vines, Jr., age 41, of Stamford, was charged on Friday, Oct. 6 with one count of manslaughter with a firearm for the homicide of Mary Stephanie Guirand. Guirand was 36 years old at the time of her death, said Capt. Tom Scanlon of the Stamford Police. According to Scanlon, Vines and Guirand were in a domestic relationship, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, when the Stamford Emergency Dispatch Center received a 911 phone call from a m…
Norwalk
Police & Fire
4 Nabbed In Norwalk Drug Bust: Dynamite, Crack Cocaine Found In Residence, Police Say
Four people face a long list of charges following a drug bust at a Norwalk residence where authorities recovered crack cocaine, fentanyl, dynamite sticks, and more, police said. The arrests resulted from the execution of a search warrant on Tuesday, Sept. 26 at a residence in Norwalk located at 21 Osbourne Ave., Norwalk Police announced. The warrant had been obtained following a long investigation conducted by the department's Special Services Division. During the search of the residence, authorities caught people within the home in the midst of packaging fentanyl and crack coca…
Hampden
Police & Fire
Man Pulls Gun On 2 In Holyoke, Lands Multiple Drug Charges To Boot: Police
A man learned the hard way that you shouldn't pull a gun on people when you allegedly have a car filled with drugs, Western Massachusetts police said. Donovan Mangua, 32, was arrested on Saturday, Sept. 9, after two men flagged down a Holyoke police officer to say that a man in a Black Acura with tinted windows had pointed a gun at them along Main Street near I-391, Holyoke police said. The men said the car drove toward Racing Mart. Police drove to the store and found an empty Black Acura with tinted windows in the parking lot. After a brief investigation, Holyoke police …
Middlesex MA
Police & Fire
Man Guilty Of Killing Innocent Woman Outside Lowell Apartment In 2020: DA
A 23-year-old man accused of killing a woman who wanted to buy a used car from him was found guilty this week of her slaying, authorities said. Xavier DeJesus, of Lowell, was convicted earlier this week of second-degree murder and four firearm charges, including carrying a firearm without a license, possessing ammunition without an FID card, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said. Deija Mendez, 23, of Boston, went to Lowell on June 23, 2020, to buy a used BMW from De…
Hartford
Police & Fire
Hartford Man Distributes Drugs At Inn: Nabbed With Over 300 Bags Of Fentanyl In Car, Police Say
A man who allegedly distributed drugs at an inn was caught with large quantities of illegal narcotics after being trailed by an unmarked law enforcement vehicle in Connecticut, police said. Hartford resident Bruce Michaud, age 36, was arrested on drug possession and firearm charges following an investigation into his alleged distribution of narcotics at the Bradley Inn in Windsor Locks at 5 Ella Grasso Tnpk., Windsor Locks Police announced on Friday, July 14. According to the department, Michaud, who has an extensive criminal history of narcotics sale, assault, an…
Dauphin
Police & Fire
'Riotous' Steelton, Harrisburg Teens With Gun Disrupt Fireworks: Police
Five teenagers have been charged after 'riotous behavior' and carrying a gun through the crowd at the Linglestown fireworks display on July 3, police announced on Wednesday. Lower Paxton Township Police were to the fireworks show at Koons Park following reports of "active assaults" in the moments before the fireworks were lit. The teens' "riotous behavior" included throwing things, and blocking the roadways, followed by criminal behavior while fleeing the police. When the teens were caught a stolen .40 caliber Taurus pistol was found on one of them, the police said. They were all ch…
Hampden
Obituaries
He 'Brought Joy' To All: Police ID Man Killed In Double Springfield Shooting
Authorities have identified the 23-year-old man who was shot and killed last week while attending a birthday party in Springfield, authorities said. The man who allegedly shot him turned himself over to police on Monday, July 3. Elian Arroyo, of Springfield, died June 28 after he was shot near the intersection of Ashmun and Adams streets. Paramedics rushed him to Baystate Medical Center, where he later died, the Hampden County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday. Elian's family wrote in his obituary that he was a loving son, brother, and friend who brought "wa…
Norfolk
Police & Fire
Whitman 18-Year-Old, Juvenile Nabbed After Motorcycle Chase, Fanny Pack Discovery
An 18-year-old drove a motorcycle away from police with a t-shirt covering his face to try and protect his identity, officials say. Jayden Lepore, of Whitman, was arrested along with an unnamed juvenile person also from Whitman on Wednesday, June 27 in East Bridgewater, according to the Whitman Police Department. The two people were riding motorcycles together, heading south on Bedford Street (Route 18) in Whitman near the intersection with Joyce Avenue, when police noticed that one of the two was not wearing a helmet. Massachusetts has a stringent motorcycle helmet law that requires al…
Hampden
Police & Fire
Out On Bail: Teen Arrested For Third Time On Gun Charges In Springfield
A Hampden County teenager who was wearing an ankle monitor from his last arrest was caught for a third time on firearm charges this week, authorities said. Jahiem Sutherland, 19, of Springfield, was wearing an ankle monitor as he was out on bail on an illegal firearms charge when officers arrested him Wednesday evening, June 7, Springfield police said. Officers found an illegal large-capacity, loaded ghost gun on Sutherland with an illegal modification called a Glock switch, which makes it fully automatic, authorities said. This is the third time police have arrested him …
Hampden
Police & Fire
Red-Haired Bail Violator Busted With Pink-Handled Pistol In Springfield: Police
A man out on bail for gun charges from last year was arrested over the weekend on — shocker — more gun charges, police in Hampden County said. Daniel Gonzalez, 20, faces a slew of charges after officers arrested him on Sunday, May 28, with a large-capacity pistol, Springfield police said. Springfield police responded to a ShotSpotter Activation just after 9:30 p.m. near Malden and Grand streets. When officers arrived, they saw two men standing there who ran away when they spotted the cops, investigators said. Police ran down one of the men near Oakland and Allen Streets a…
Montgomery MD
News
Man Randomly Going Door To Door With Assault Rifle In Germantown Facing Charges: Police
The man who put a scare into a Montgomery County neighborhood when he went door to door while carrying an assault rifle last month has been hit with multiple weapon offenses, authorities announced on Tuesday. Police say that Trevor Copeland, 30, of Silver Spring, has been arrested and charged following an incident where he was caught walking around Germantown while openly carrying an assault rifle, causing concern for some area residents. Montgomery County Department of Police personnel received a report late last month regarding a man - later identified as Copeland - walking around an apar…
Montgomery MD
News
Shooter Who Killed Victim Holding GFs Hand At Montgomery County Motel Gets Life In Prison
The final suspect implicated in a motel murder in Montgomery County will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced for the violent assault in front of his girlfriend, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Sergey Danshin, 35, of Rockville, was sentenced to life in prison, plus 20 years, after being convicted in January of first-degree murder and related weapons charges for his role in the death of 39-year-old Javier Gonzalez-Mena last summer. Javier Gonzalez-MenaMontgomery County State's Attorney Prosecutors say that on June 22, 2022, Danshin and Virginia resident M…
Hampden
Police & Fire
Heroin, Cocaine Found On Springfield Man Wanted On Gun Charges: Police
A 30-year-old man wanted on weapons charges was arrested this week while riding around one Western Massachusetts city with drugs in his possession, authorities said. Tre Watson, of Springfield, already had active warrants for firearms charges out of Hampden Superior Court when police tracked him down, the department reports. Officers arrested Watson after following the car in which he was a passenger from the Orange Street area to Canon Circle around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3. Officers also seized crack-cocaine in the car as well as a pouch containing heroin and po…
Hudson
Police & Fire
Trio Targeted Dunkin' In North Jersey Robbery Spree: Police
Three people have been arrested and charged by Secaucus Police for robbing multiple Dunkin' locations on the same night in April. Ocean Roberts, a 19-year-old Bayonne resident, Yanik Pendleton, a 22-year-old Bayonne resident and Wilmer Arias-Dejesus, a 22-year-old East Newark resident were arrested by police this month, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. On Sunday April 9, at 2:56 a.m., the group robbed the Dunkin' at 216 County Ave., at gunpoint, stealing $350 from the register, with Arias-Dejesus and another man acting as lookouts while Pendelton and Roberts took the loot, Mil…
Essex NJ
News
Gang
WAR: Brick City Teen Seized In Modified Machine-Gun Shooting Of Rival Trio
A 19-year-old reputed Newark street gang member wanted for shooting three rivals with a modified machine gun last weekend is in federal custody. Munir “Mu” Muhammad was carrying the converted 9mm handgun when he was arrested on Wednesday, April 12, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. The gun had fired 28 rounds in the April 8 shooting at the Oscar Miles Housing Complex and was fitted with an extended magazine loaded with another 30, Sellinger said Thursday. Three opponents were wounded, one critically, in what the U.S. attorney said is part of a bloody ongoing gun battle between rivals on…
Prince William
News
Drunk Virginia Man Shoots Inside Super 8 Hotel Room
A 39-year-old man has been arrested after reportedly shooting a gun inside a Dumfries hotel room, authorities announced. Officers responded to the Dumfries Super 8 on Richmond Highway after receiving reports of shots fired around 7 p.m., Saturday, March 25, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators located an intoxicated Jesse Lee Meadows inside of a hotel room after a bullet was shot through another room in the business. The shooting was reported after the occupants of the room next door notified the front desk. Meadows was charged with reckless handli…
Bucks
Police & Fire
Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Warminster Home: Police
A man in Bucks County faces felony gun charges after police say he opened fire at a Warminster home on Tuesday, March 21. Township police were called to the 300 block of Beech Street at about 11:30 p.m. for a report of shots fired, the department wrote in a release. On the scene, the alleged victim also told police they had received "harassing voicemails" from the suspect in the hours before the shooting, according to the department. Another witness said they heard the shot and immediately looked out the window to see the suspect fleeing in a vehicle, police said. Investi…
Hampden
Police & Fire
Suspected Drug Trafficker, Felon Modified Pistol To Make It Machine Gun: Springfield Police
Two men busted in Springfield on gun and drug charges allegedly altered a pistol to make it fire like a fully-automatic weapon, authorities said. Carlos Dejesus, 31, of Holyoke, and Jamian Velez-Berrios, 19, of Chicopee, face several charges after they were arrested in a traffic stop last week, Springfield police said. Firearms detectives had monitored Velez-Berrios for months on an alleged gun change and were tipped off that he would be armed at a house on Andrew Street Saturday, Feb. 18, authorities said. Police got a warrant and were prepared to raid the home, but…
Lehigh
Police & Fire
Allentown Footchase Leads To Arrest
A man sits in a Lehigh County jail cell following a brief pursuit with police in Allentown, authorities say. City police witnessed a man draw a handgun during an argument near South 6th Street and West Hamilton Street just after midnight on Sunday Jan. 29, the department said in a statement. When an officer tried to intervene, the man fled on foot, police said. Officers claimed they saw him toss the firearm while running away. Johnnie Cooks, 43, was tracked down and arrested a short distance from the scene, they added. He faces multiple firearm charges, one count of evide…
Harrison
Police & Fire
Caught! Man Wanted For Out Of State Attempted Murder Nabbed In Harrison, Police Say
A man wanted for attempted murder in another state was found in Westchester County thanks to a chance observation by a police officer. On Thursday, Dec. 8, around 7:40 p.m., an officer in Harrison noticed an expired New Jersey temporary license plate on a vehicle on Westchester Avenue and pulled the vehicle over. During the stop, the officer then realized that the driver had an arrest warrant from Maryland for first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, and firearm charges, according to police. Police then arrested the man, who had been in Westchester County to p…
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Drugs, Gun Arrest In Chelsea As Police Increase Patrols In One Neighborhood
Chelsea police have increased their presence around Congress, Shawmut, and Maverick streets as officers have noticed an uptick in drug crimes there. Investigators arrested a 37-year-old man on drug and gun charges over the weekend. Ramon Valdez was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 6, after police spotted him making "illegal transactions" around 9 p.m., Chelsea police said. When officers went to handcuff him, Valdez fought back. Officers said they found a handgun strapped to his chest during the struggle. Officers Seize Firearm, Drugs and Cash in Sunday Arrest https://t.co/TQpYFYvDJk — Chelsea…
Arlington
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Birthday Trip Killing Of Virginia NAACP Leader Kent Carter
A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed the Virginia NAACP leader during a birthday trip to Turks and Caicos, authorities said. Andre De Souza was arrested during a traffic stop on Oct. 6, on accusations he was linked to the Sunday, Oct. 2 ambush that killed Kent Carter, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force said. Carter, celebrating his 40th birthday, and five others were shot in the random gang-related attack, police tell various news reports. "Kent was a leader, a friend, a loving father to his 14-year-old daughter, a partner to …
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