BOSTON — A felon from Vershire was arrested last week after allegedly bringing an assault rifle and other firearms from Vermont into Boston.
Dominick Bailey, 54, is being held on $150,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty in the South Boston Division of Boston Municipal Court on charges of unlicensed possession of an assault weapon, carrying a loaded firearm, possession of a large-capacity firearm, carrying a rifle or shotgun and unlawful possession of ammunition.
The charges stem from an incident Thursday, when police learned that Bailey and Glenn Lacedra, 58, of Revere, Mass., were bringing guns into South Boston with plans to sell or trade the weapons in the city, according to a press release from the Boston Police Department. Officers with the Police Special Investigations Unit along with the police department’s SWAT team and Massachusetts State Police arrested the men as they pulled into the parking lot of a South Boston skating rink.
After searching the car, police found a .223 caliber Palmetto Armory AR-15 rifle, a 9mm Taurus PT92 handgun, a .22 caliber Walther P22, a long barrel Thompson Arms Co./Encore pistol and several rounds of ammunition, according to the release.
Boston has a ban on assault weapons that was enacted in 1989. Bailey has a long criminal history around Vershire, with convictions for at least five felonies and 11 misdemeanors. Past charges have included forgery, lewd and lascivious conduct, possessing stolen property, receiving stolen property, possession of a weapon, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
In 2009, Bailey was convicted of unauthorized removal of human remains for digging up his father’s urn from a Thetford cemetery and putting it in his living room.
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