According to the statements made by the authorities, the ballistic vest was taken during the civil turmoil that occurred in Boston in May 2020 after George Floyd was murdered.
After a protest in May 2020 over the murder of George Floyd, which was allegedly caused by police brutality, the Boston police were able to recover a bulletproof vest that had been taken from an officer.
According to the police, the vest was found during the investigation of a narcotics deal that took place in Dorchester last week.
Officers made an arrest of Reginald Mells, who is 44 years old and from Dorchester, and they are looking for complaints against another Dorchester male, who is 25 years old and who was not named.
In response to Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police while he was in prison, many thousand people demonstrated in Boston from the 28th through the 31st of May, 2020. A number of demonstrators and Boston police officers came into conflict, which led to a number of arrests as well as the use of pepper spray against the protesters.
During the execution of search warrants on September 22 in the area of 6 Darlington Street, police officers are said to have discovered the ballistic vest.
During the course of the search, the police say they discovered a number of illegal firearms and substances, including 15 plastic bags containing what they believe to be crack cocaine.
Investigators said they also found a Colt revolver with six rounds in the magazine, a Remington .223 rifle with two 30-round magazines, an 8mm semi-automatic firearm, a fully automatic Glock with an extended magazine, 24 live .45 and 12 .40 loose rounds of ammunition, and multiple empty magazines.
In Dorchester District Court on Monday, Mells was arraigned on counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and possession with the intent to distribute a class B narcotic, according to the police. Mells was charged with all three offences simultaneously.
According to a story in the Boston Globe, he entered a plea of not guilty to all of the accusations, and he was ordered held in lieu of bail as a result of the judge’s decision. On November 17, Mells is scheduled to appear in court again.
The 25-year-old suspect will face charges of illegal possession of a machine gun, two counts of illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, illegal possession of a large capacity feeding device, improper storage of a firearm, possession of body armor, and possession of a rifle without a serial number.
