A 54-year-old man has been charged in connection with a double murder that occurred in Fall River on Friday.
Arlington Cole, 54, of Fall River, faces two counts of murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn, III. Cole is accused of killing Elizabeth Almeida, 54, and her son Nicholas Almeida, 25, at 431 Barnes Street.
The District Attorney’s office reports that Cole is expected to be arraigned at Fall River District Court on Monday. The double murder investigation is being conducted by the Massachusetts State Police, the DA’s office, and the Fall River Police Department.
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### Teen Arrested on Gun Charges in Boston
Boston Police arrested an 18-year-old on gun charges early Sunday morning in Mattapan. Tyler Powell, of Dorchester, was charged with carrying a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, carrying a loaded firearm, possession of a large capacity firearm, and defacement of a firearm serial number.
Police say Powell was arrested after a car he was riding in failed to stop for a red light at the intersection of Bowdoin Street and Washington Street just after midnight. During a pat frisk, officers recovered a Smith & Wesson SD40VE with an obliterated serial number and nine rounds in the magazine strapped to Powell’s waistband.
Powell is expected to be arraigned at Dorchester District Court.
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### Boston Police Incident Summary
The Boston Police Department responded to 250 incidents in the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. Sunday, according to the department’s incident log. Incidents included arrests for:
– Four aggravated assaults
– Three residential burglaries
– 23 miscellaneous larcenies
– Two auto thefts
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### Recent Arrests
All individuals listed below are presumed innocent until proven guilty:
– Natasha Bishop, 156 Wilmington Ave., Dorchester — Concealing number plate violation
– Felipe Godinho Da Rocha — Fail to stop/yield
– Suzanne Henderson — Shoplifting more than $100 by concealing merchandise
– Anthony Saunders, 26 Beechland Cir., Roslindale — Shoplifting by concealing merchandise
– Jason Brownlee Jr., 250 Cambridge St., Boston — Littering
– Abdellatif Ljly, 65 Westminster Ave., Roxbury — Assault and battery
– Darren McFadden, 47 Saint Richard St., Boston — Warrant
– Devyn Barbosa, 56 Patten St., Jamaica Plain — Kidnapping
– Shakara Carte, 50 Evergreen St., Jamaica Plain — Larceny over $250
– Keymari Whitted, 272 Dudley St., Roxbury — Trespassing
– Maxwell Rosenstein — Shoplifting more than $250 by asportation
– Marty Graw — Assault and battery on a family/household member
– Guillermo Gonzalez, 65 Brooks St., East Boston — Distributing a Class B drug
– Cornelius Jackson, 106 Millet St., Dorchester — Warrant
– Kent Gunther, 25 Hazelmere Rd., Roslindale — Malicious damage to a motor vehicle
– Drew Schlehuber, 12 Eldora St., Roxbury — Disorderly conduct
– Santoneio Sumerlin, 24 Surfside Rd., Lynn — Operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license
– Deon Tribbet, 67 Clearwater St., Boston — Receiving a stolen motor vehicle
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Stay tuned for updates on these cases and further community safety information.
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