
A 41-year-old man is accused of displaying as much as work with a gun and threatening to kill his co-workers earlier than cops allegedly discovered cocaine, fentanyl and different medication in his automobile.
West Bridgewater man Dwayne Richardson was arrested final week in Winthrop with a cache of medication and a loaded gun in his BMW.
Winthrop cops final Wednesday obtained an alert for a white 2018 BMW that Richardson owns. Earlier that day, Richardson had allegedly gone to his Malden office with a gun and threatened to kill the workers.
Then a day later, Winthrop officers stopped the BMW on Revere Road and arrested Richardson.
Cops allegedly discovered $5,090 in money, a 634.2-gram brick of cocaine, 29.7 grams of fentanyl, 8.4 grams of oxycodone, and three.6 grams of Adderall in his automobile.
Police additionally searched Richardson and allegedly discovered a number of clear plastic luggage of crack-cocaine, fentanyl, and cocaine.
Officers discovered a Springfield Armory XD5 pistol within the BMW’s trunk.
“Anytime police can take deadly drugs and illegal guns off the street it’s a win for public safety,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden mentioned in a press release.
“The reports of this defendant using a gun to threaten co-workers in the earlier incident adds to the danger posed during this entire episode,” he added.
Richardson has a earlier prison file, together with a number of violent and drug associated expenses courting again to 1992.
He served 10 years behind bars stemming from a conviction in Middlesex Superior Courtroom for unlawful possession of a rifle, and two counts of unlawful possession of a shotgun. He was launched final yr.
Richardson for this current incident was charged with:
- Trafficking fentanyl over 36 grams
- Trafficking cocaine 200 grams or extra
- Two counts of drug possession to distribute class B subsequent offense
- Drug possession to distribute class C
- Carrying a firearm with out license (fourth offense)
- Carrying a loaded firearm with no license
- Firearm violation with three prior violent/drug associated crimes
- Possession of a firearm felony
- Possession of ammunition with out an FID card
The decide held Richardson with out bail till a dangerousness listening to on Tuesday.
