Emergency shelters across Massachusetts are undergoing surprise room inspections this week following the arrest of a man at a Revere shelter who was found with an AR-style rifle and a large stash of fentanyl. Governor Maura Healey ordered the inspections, which are being conducted by on-site shelter provider staff, to look for possible criminal activity, including possession of firearms or drugs, or anything that would raise significant health or safety concerns.
Emergency shelters across Massachusetts are undergoing surprise room inspections this week, a spokesman for the state confirmed. Gov. Maura Healey ordered the inspections after a man was arrested at a Revere shelter, where police found an AR-style rifle and a large stash of fentanyl.
Staff will be looking for possible criminal activity, he said in the statement, including possession of firearms or drugs,"or anything that would raise significant health or safety concerns."after Dominican national Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, 28, was arrested at the Quality Inn in Revere on Dec. 27. He faces charges of possessing an assault rifle and $1 million worth of fentanyl; he's also facing an immigration detainer by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The snap inspections aim to uncover potential criminal activity in the emergency shelter system, which doubled its population last year as thousands of families came to Massachusetts from countries including Haiti and the Dominican Republic. “We can't have drugs and weaponry in those sites because it's a risk — both to the community in the building as well as the community outside of the building,” Ferrier said.
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