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18-year-old armed career criminal charged with new gun offenses on Annunciation Road
By adamg on Thu, 12/08/2016 - 4:43pm
Boston Police report arresting an 18-year-old already designated as a career criminal after a tussle inside a hallway at 80 Annunciation Rd. around 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday.
An accomplice who police say managed to initially evade officers was captured in part thanks to a bystander who saw him running and pushed him into a bush. He is also designated a career criminal - at 19.
Police say officers spotted Willie Barnes, of Dorchester, and Kalongie Bradley, of Allston, inside the building and went to talk to them because the two already had a non-trespassing order issued by the BHA:
When officers approached and attempted to pat frisk the backpack of Willie Barnes a violent struggle ensued, during which Bradley grabbed at the jackets and hands of the officers attempting to place Barnes into custody, physically interfering with the arrest. Eventually, Bradley took control of Barnes’ backpack and fled the scene on foot with one of the officers in pursuit. During the pursuit, an unidentified good Samaritan pushed Bradley into a bush causing him to fall briefly and lose control of the backpack. Bradley abandoned the backpack and continued to flee, only to be apprehended nearby by another responding officer. Inside the backpack, officers recovered a loaded silver Jennings T380 firearm.
Barnes was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm (third offense), unlawful possession of ammunition (second offense), unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm (third offense), assault and battery on a police officer, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest and trespassing. He was also charged as an armed career criminal because of a past conviction, which means he could face stiffer penalties if convicted on the other charges.
Bradley was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm (second offense), unlawful possession of ammunition (second offense), unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm (second offense), leaving a firearm unattended, carrying a dangerous weapon on school grounds, assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and trespassing, police say.
Innocent, etc.
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18 year old being charged
18 year old being charged with illegal possession of a firearm for the second time? Why is this person not in jail?
The AG should strike out against law abiding gun owners again, that should help.
Since you pushed the conversation that way
If Healy wants to ban people from owning shit like this, then I say more power to her!
Tens of thousands sold in MA
Tens of thousands sold in MA since 1984.
# used in crimes in MA in the past decade 0!
But ban scary things because banning stuff for #feels is more effective than locking up violent criminals for more than 5 minutes.
citations please
citations please
We have tough gun laws. Let's make them tougher
Good. Hurray for us!
However, if you look around at Newtown and Aurora (etc, etc) this is the kind of gun crazy people and terrorists use.
From the current Rolling Stone article on this type of gun:
Crazy people and terrorists
Crazy people and terrorists will use any kind of gun they can get their hands on. There's nothing special about that one. It's just another rifle like almost any other, as mentioned in a post further down.
That's quite the hype quote you've got there. First off, it's incorrectly calling the AR-15 an assault rifle ("assault rifle" is a military designation for what most laypeople would call a machine gun; the AR-15 is not a machine gun and fires only one shot per trigger pull; it is, however, an "assault weapon", a purely political term that is intended to be confused with "assault rifle", but has nothing to do with how or what it shoots). And second, that's a great description of what happens when a person gets hit with a fast moving object. It has nothing to do with AR-15s, rifles, or even bullets -- any fast moving object will cause that kind of injury. You could probably do it with a decent slingshot or a bow and arrow.
Yes!
Except that "ban" would have done nothing to keep this guy from having a gun. A) he wasn't carrying an "assault rifle" and B) he didn't purchase his weapon legally. Cool scary picture though.
We should ban people killing
We should ban people killing each other. That would stop all the murders. ;-)
Scary is subjective...
all smoke and mirrors a gun
all smoke and mirrors a gun is a gun is a gun.
Since when does an AG have
Since when does an AG have the authority to legislate bans?
If you want something banned ask your state representatives and senators to vote on it.
what's "shit like this"?
What features, on the firearm pictured, make it more dangerous than any semi-automatic farm rifle?
I wish there was some way to turn this person around
but i think the main goal at this point should be to protect society from him.
It would seem that this
It would seem that this person is a lost cause. Better to spend tax dollars and resources on supporting the children in the community to prevent the next career criminal from developing.
For a state with strict gun
For a state with strict gun laws the punishment for having an illegal arm seems quite lenient.
Only 18...
18 and already a career criminal. We should expect to see this fine fellow's name many more times for similar crimes in the years to come. The police can only do so much. If the courts keep releasing him to mingle with the rest of society, we'll get more of the same. Oh, and don't forget to make the guns laws even more stringent for law abiding owners, that really helps.
Serious question
Does the term "career criminal" actually exist within Boston law enforcement? How does one become a career criminal at age 18, since arrests prior to 18 don't officially exist? And if someone is designated as such, why isn't he at least ankle-monitored as a term of probation?
Or is this BPD shorthand for "we've seen these guys before, and our gang unit has flagged them as potential troublemakers?"
Juvenile records in MA aren't
Juvenile records in MA aren't expunged.
They exist.
" How does one become a career criminal at age 18, since arrests prior to 18 don't officially exist? "
They exist. The cops know they exist. The courts know they exist.
Ask your local judge why people like this get 'revolving door' ed.
Answer in three words
Juvenile Justice System.
The reply in five words
Roadman is terrified of teenagers.
Never had kids. Doesn't understand childhood/adolescent psychology. Has no qualifications whatsoever to evaluate anything of this sort.
Still thinks that all teens should be in jail because he's afraid of them.
I am NOT afraid of teenagers
But I don't believe we should give teenagers suspected of committing serious crimes (like assault and robbery) special consideration just because of their age.
Try and convict (if found guilty) suspects based ON THE SEVERITY OF THE CRIME, and only that. Argue all the "mitigating factors" BS you want, but do it at TRIAL and let the jury decide if it warrants a pass on the charges.
And perhaps if we did that, we might have to deal with fewer 18 year old career criminals. And other "juveniles" might not attempt crimes in the first place once word gets out that "Hey, if you're caught, no more coddling - you're facing some serious s#!^ here."
Read this, Roadman
http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/publiced/features/DY...
Unless you are also advocating that we not have minimum drinking age, driving age, and voting age, you are completely and totally a moron.
Broken record
Without a statistic to share.
Singular anecdotes about exceptional situations are more important for maintaining an irrational phobia than data and expertise with kids, right?
Broken record
About the "need" to treat suspects of serious crimes differently just because of their age. But tell us again Swirls how a 15 year old is automatically too immature to understand that robbing somebody at knife or gunpoint is wrong. Because that's what you "experts" have done - brainwashed a whole generation into believing that making people actually take responsibility for their actions - especially when those actions cause harm to others - is unacceptable.
Want to argue "diminished capacity", "poor impulse control", and all the other "science" you use to justify letting a 15 year old convicted of assault off with a slap on the wrist and a sealed record. Fine, then DO IT AT TRIAL. But don't continue to perpetuate the FAILED system of SPECIAL TREATMENT for criminal suspects based on their age.
Science and study overrule your rantings
Present evidence and data on child development, outcome evaluation studies, and juvenile jurisprudence which support your repetitive ravings and counter more than a century of research and praxis or save it for your behavioral health counselor.
Failed system
Statistics, please.
Post Fact Voter
How has that vote for Trump been working out for you on those road projects, eh?