MATTAPAN — At about 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, officers assigned to District B-3 arrested Sean Brown, 29, of Randolph, on multiple firearm offenses.
Officers were attempting to locate a suspect wanted for an active warrant in the area of 880 Cummins Highway.
Officers knocked and announced their presence, but no one answered the door.
Officers heard movement inside the apartment, and after a few minutes, an individual opened the door.
Officers secured the outside of the building and observed a discarded firearm inside a bucket.
Further investigation revealed that an individual inside the apartment had discarded the firearm upon officers’ arrival.
The suspect was placed into handcuffs, and the apartment was secured pending a search warrant.
The firearm recovered was later determined to be a Glock 37 with one round in the chamber and seven rounds in the magazine.
Brown was placed under arrest and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm (2nd offense), unlawful possession of a loaded firearm (2nd offense), and unlawful possession of ammunition.
He is expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court.
At about 11:40 p.m., detectives executed a search warrant at the apartment.
As a result, the following firearms were recovered: a Diamondback Rifle with an obliterated serial number loaded with 20 rounds in the magazine, a Palmetto State Armory PA-15 with one round in the chamber and 12 rounds in the magazine, a Glock 19 with a magazine capable of holding 31 rounds, and a laser sight firearm attachment.
Detectives also recovered three large plastic bags of cocaine, one plastic bag of crack cocaine, and one plastic bag of fentanyl.
The drugs were later weighed, with the cocaine totaling 449 grams, crack cocaine totaling 134 grams, and fentanyl weighing 61 grams.
Drug packaging material and a digital scale were also recovered.
