Drug investigation yields police vest stolen throughout 2020 George Floyd protest

Boston police recovered an officer’s bulletproof vest that was allegedly stolen throughout a protest in Could 2020 over the police brutality dying of George Floyd.

The vest was recovered throughout a drug investigation in Dorchester final week, in keeping with police.

Officers arrested Reginald Mells, 44, of Dorchester, and police are in search of complaints towards a 25-year-old Dorchester man who was not named.

From Could 28 by way of Could 31, 2020, a number of thousand demonstrators protested in Boston in response to Floyd’s homicide whereas in Minneapolis police custody. A number of protesters clashed with Boston officers, leading to a number of arrests and using pepper spray towards demonstrators.

In accordance to police, officers discovered the ballistic vest whereas executing search warrants close to 6 Darlington St. on Sept. 22.

Throughout the search, police say they recovered a number of unlawful firearms and medicines, together with 15 plastic baggage of suspected crack cocaine.

Investigators stated additionally they discovered a Colt revolver with six rounds within the journal, a Remington .223 rifle with two 30-round magazines, an 8mm semi-automatic firearm, a totally computerized Glock with an prolonged journal, 24 dwell .45 and 12 .40 free rounds of ammunition, and a number of empty magazines.

Mells was arraigned Monday in Dorchester District Court docket on expenses of illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, and possession with intent to distribute a category B substance, police stated.

He pleaded not responsible to all the costs and he was ordered held in lieu of bail, in keeping with a Boston Globe report. Mells is due again in court docket on Nov. 17.

The 25-year-old suspect will face expenses of unlawful possession of a machine gun, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawful possession of a giant capability feeding gadget, improper storage of a firearm, possession of physique armor, and possession of a rifle and not using a serial quantity.