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At about 2:20 AM, on Saturday, January 7, 2023, officers assigned to District B-2 (Roxbury), made an onsite firearm arrest of Randy Pizzaro, 31, of Central Falls, RI, in the area of 962 Parker Street in Jamaica Plain.
As a part of an ongoing investigation, officers made contact with the suspect, later identified as Randy Pizzaro. As officers approached the suspect on foot, they observed him place an object underneath a motor vehicle. After further investigation, officers recovered the object which was a loaded firearm.
Pizzaro was placed under arrest and during the search, officers recovered twenty-five bags of a white rock-like substance believed to be crack cocaine, along with $1298.00 in U.S. currency.
The firearm was determined to be a Micro Desert Eagle .380, loaded with one round in the chamber and five rounds in the magazine. Randy Pizzaro was charged with; Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, and Possession with Intent to Distribute, Class B Drugs, and was subsequently arraigned in Roxbury District Court.