Twitter posts lead to arrest of New Bedford teen

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A 17 year old male was arrested last night at around 8pm after numerous pictures were found on his twitter account of him holding a firearm while bragging about the jewelry around his neck tempting people to try and rob him.

After an investigation by Det. Shawn Robert a search warrant was obtained for an apartment on Hunter St. The target of the investigation was seen leaving the area on his bicycle. He was taken into custody by members of the Narcotics Unit and entry was made into the home.

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Inside, detectives found 5 siblings. A 5 yr old, an 11 yr. old, a 14 yr. old, and two 15 yr. olds. The mother and aunt later arrived during the search. The children were allowed to leave with the aunt and the Department of Child and Family Services was notified.

Inside a safe in the bedroom, Detectives found a .40 caliber Llama semi-automatic handgun, 19 bags of crack cocaine, 14 rounds of ammunition, and $1,483 in cash.

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The juvenile was held without bail overnight and will be arraigned this morning in New Bedford juvenile court. He faces charges of;

– Unlawful possession of a firearm

– Possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance

– Possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance within 300ft. of New Bedford High School

Unlawful possession of ammunition.

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3 comments

  1. Joey-Bag-O'Doughnuts

    Wow, with all these gun laws and these criminals are still breaking the law? I am shocked, shocked I tell you. You would think that the criminals would be worried that now they can’t buy guns because of the background checks and all.

    Goes to show that you can’t fix stupid. All gin laws do is restrict the righteous and civil, law abiding citizen from protecting his loved ones while the criminals never skip a beat.

  2. You a real gangster with your pink boxer shorts lol

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