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From BPDNews: At about 12:57 AM, on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, officers assigned to District A-1 (Downtown), arrested Tykei Hallman, 28, of West Roxbury on firearm and drug related charges in the area of 2 Boylston Street.
While on patrol, officers observed the suspect, later identified as Hallman, loitering where signs were clearly posted, which read “No Trespassing, No Loitering” After further investigation, officers recovered a loaded Cobra Model CA-380 with one round in the chamber and four rounds in the magazine and a large white rock like substance believed to be crack cocaine.
Tykei Hallman was arrested and charged with; Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute, Class B, Drugs, Trespassing, Resisting Arrest and Assault & Battery on a Police Officer.
In 2019, Hallman was arrested by the Feds after a string of brazen armed robberies in which he was labeled the “the Inconvenient Crook”. The FBI’s charging documents stated that the robbery spree ran from May until November of 2019— including repeat robberies at some of the same stores.