Multiple arrests over the weekend result in three firearms recovered
BOSTON, August 15, 2023 – Three men were arraigned Monday on various firearm charges stemming from two separate incidents over the weekend, resulting in three firearms recovered, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.
ANTHONY BYNUM, 23, and MANUEL MONTEIRO, 19, both of Brockton, were arraigned in Dorchester BMC. Bynum was charged with resisting arrest, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, and possession of ammunition without an FID card.
Monteiro was charged with carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, resisting arrest, and receiving stolen property.
Judge Samir Zaganjori ordered both Bynum and Monteiro held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on August 17.
At about 3:01 a.m. on August 12, Boston Police observed a white Chevy SUV without a front license plate and excessive tint in the area of Columbia Road and Blue Hill Avenue. Officers activated their lights and sirens to conduct a traffic stop and observed three male occupants, all wearing sweatshirts with their hoods on.
As officers approached the vehicle, they observed the front passenger, later identified as Bynum, with a black fanny pack on his lap while the back-seat passenger, later identified as Monteiro, pretending to be asleep. Officers instructed all three occupants to step out of the vehicle. Both the driver and Byrum stepped out, leaving the fanny pack on the seat. However, Monteiro did not comply and kept his arms pinned down toward his waistband and then grabbed the front pouch pocket of his sweatshirt multiple times. Montiero resisted and tried to break free from officers while trying to remove the firearm from his pocket. Officers recovered a Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm with one round in the chamber and six rounds in the magazine from Montiero’s pocket. Bynum’s fanny pack held a Ruger 9mm with one round in the chamber and five rounds in the magazine.
The driver of the vehicle was not charged but was issued a citation for failure to display a front plate and excessive tint.
JEREMY HARRIS, 34, of Mattapan was charged in South Boston BMC with carrying a firearm without a license (fourth offense), carrying a loaded firearm without a license (fourth offense), possession of ammunition without an FID card, and firearm violation with two prior violent crime or drug offense (armed career criminal).
Judge Paul Treseler ordered Harris held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on August 21.
At about 11:45 p.m. on August 13, officers in the area of Von Hillern Street and Dorchester Avenue dispersed a crowd of about 300 individuals and vehicles causing a disturbance. Officers observed groups of people drinking in public and in their vehicles. At one point, officers observed a group climb onto the roof of the Northeast Electric Building.
As the group began to flee on foot and in their vehicles, officers stopped a black Jeep Cherokee with Indiana license plates operated by a male, later identified as Harris, with three passengers. As officers opened the driver’s side door and ordered Harris to step out, Harris grabbed the officer’s hand and reached toward the center console with his other hand. Officers located a Ruger LC9 9mm with one round in the chamber and six rounds in the magazine under the driver’s seat with the barrel facing the rear of the car. The other three passengers denied any knowledge of a firearm in the vehicle.
Harris has a 10-page record including several convictions for firearm offenses and an open matter in South Boston for driving an unregistered motor vehicle.
“These incidents offer a small slice of what police encounter day in and day out—loaded illegal firearms in pockets, in fanny packs and in cars. Our tracking shows us that a large majority of these guns come into Massachusetts from states where purchasing guns is far too easy. I applaud the work and restraint demonstrated by the Boston Police in both incidents. Although they were able to recover multiple firearms this weekend, they will keep flowing onto our streets until we get a sensible national gun-purchasing policy like every other industrialized nation,” 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