Dorchester man held without bail after pointing gun at people while riding a scooter
BOSTON, July 8, 2023 – A Dorchester man who pointed a gun at several people while driving a scooter in Mattapan last month was deemed dangerous Thursday and ordered held until at least November 3, District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.
MARLON ALEXANDER, 30, was charged in Roxbury BMC with illegal firearm and ammunition possession, illegal possession of a loaded firearm, receiving stolen property, possession of Class B substance and operating after license suspension.
Judge David Poole found Alexander dangerous and ordered him held until at least November 3. Alexander will return to court for a probable cause hearing on August 10.
On Monday June 26 at about 2:50 p.m. Boston police responded to a call about a male on a scooter pointed a gun at a motorist. The motorist told police she saw a man swerving while driving the scooter and honked her horn at him. She told police the man then pulled beside her and pointed a black handgun at her. The victim gave police a description of the man’s clothing and his path of flight.
Police soon spotted a man matching the description driving on Quincy Street toward Blue Hill Avenue. Officers blocked the lane as the man, later identified as Alexander, approached. Alexander continued driving at a high rate of speed. He braked at the last moment, causing his scooter to slide and strike the cruiser’s front bumper. Alexander, thrown from the scooter after the impact, ignored officers’ commands to remain still. He was apprehended while attempting to get back on the scooter.
Officers conducted a pat frisk of Alexander and recovered a black .380-caliber Glock 42 loaded with five rounds. A trace of the gun determined it was reported stolen in Manchester, New Hampshire in February 2022. Police also recovered a bag of white substance believed to be crack cocaine.
During the incident another person called 911 and told police a man riding a scooter and matching Alexander’s description had pointed a gun at them.
Hayden has made gun crimes a focus of his administration and has consistently called for national gun purchasing regulations to help curb the flow of firearms from easy-purchase states like New Hampshire into states with tighter purchase regulations like Massachusetts.
Hayden said the incident reflects the troubling reality confronting law enforcement on a daily basis.
“Day in and day out, Boston police respond to calls for a person with a gun, or shots fired, or a person shot. We treat these cases with the utmost seriousness and move for dangerousness hearings whenever we determine an intolerable threat to the community. Our research shows that a huge percentage of the weapons recovered originate in another state, as is the case here. It’s the same group of states—New Hampshire, Virginia, Alabama, Maine, Florida. The weapons purchased there end up here, and end up harming too many residents, upending too many lives and degrading too many neighborhoods,” Hayden said.
All charged individuals are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office serves the communities of Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop, Mass. The office handles over 20,000 cases a year. More than 160 attorneys in the office practice in nine district and municipal courts, Suffolk Superior Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Supreme Judicial Court, and the Boston Juvenile Courts. The office employs some 300 people and offers a wide range of services and programs to serve anyone who comes in contact with the criminal justice system. This office is committed to educating the public about the services we provide, our commitment to crime prevention, and our dedication to keeping the residents of Suffolk County safe.
James Borghesani, Chief of Communications