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In Hampden County, the Springfield Police Department Narcotics Bureau arrested three teens at approximately 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, July 22 during a traffic stop at the intersection of Liberty and Chestnut Streets.
According to police, the arrests came weeks after police launched a firearms investigation into 18-year-old Miguel Dones, who was allegedly in possession of an illegal handgun.
On Thursday, afternoon, detectives tracked down Dones, who was seen leaving the Fernwold Street area in a car, prompting the traffic stop.
During the subsequent stop, police said that detectives seized a loaded high-capacity firearm, 35 bags of heroin, seven bags of crack cocaine, and more than $1,500 in cash.
Police noted that the juvenile driver did not have a license and he was placed under arrest. Dones was taken into custody on drug and weapons charges, and the third passenger, 18-year-old Douglass Moss, who is currently out on bail for a previous firearm offense was arrested on drug charges.
Dones, of Springfield, was charged with:
- Carrying a loaded large-capacity firearm without a license;
- Carrying a firearm without a license;
- Possession of a large-capacity firearm during the commission of a felony;
- Improper storage of a large-capacity firearm;
- Possession with the intent to distribute a Class A drug;
- Possession with the intent to distribute a Class B drug.
Moss, also a Springfield resident, was charged with:
- Possession with the intent to distribute a Class A drug;
- Possession with the intent to distribute a Class B drug.
No return court date for the teens has been announced.
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