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At about 12:34 AM, on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, officers assigned to District C-11 (Dorchester), conducted a motor vehicle stop in the area of Bowdoin Street and Geneva Avenue in Dorchester, which led to the firearm arrest of Gequann Perry, 32, of Roxbury.
Officers conducted a CJIS inquiry of the motor which revealed that the registration was revoked. Officers safely stopped the vehicle and made contact with the driver, later identified as Gequann Perry. After further investigation, officers recovered a loaded firearm from the motor vehicle
The firearm was determined to be a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard, loaded with one round in the chamber and seven rounds in the magazine. Perry was placed under arrest and charged with; Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition and Operating after Revocation and Suspension. He was arraigned in Dorchester District Court.
This is not Perry’s first firearm arrest, in 2014 he was arrested on School Street in Dorchester for an outstanding warrant and was found to be in possession of an illegal firearm and was subsequently charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm Subsequent Offense, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Carrying a Loaded Firearm, Resisting Arrest and Armed Career Criminal Level 3.