BOSTON – A Dorchester man who pointed a gun at several people while riding a scooter in Mattapan last month was deemed dangerous Thursday and ordered held without bail until at least Nov. 3, the district attorney said Saturday .
Marlon Alexander, 30, was charged in Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, unlawful possession of a loaded firearm, receiving stolen property, possession of class B and driving after license suspension, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said. statement
Judge David Poole found Alexander to be dangerous and ordered that he be detained until at least November 3. Alexander is due back in court for a probable cause hearing on Aug. 10.
On Monday, June 26, at about 2:50 p.m., Boston police responded to a call about a man on a scooter pointing a gun at a motorcyclist, Hayden said. The motorcyclist told police he saw a man swerve while riding the scooter and honked at him. She told police the man pulled up next to her and pointed a black handgun at her. The victim gave police a description of the man’s clothing and his location.
Police soon spotted a man matching the description driving down Quincy Street toward Blue Hill Avenue, Hayden said.
Officers blocked the lane as the man, later identified as Alexander, approached. Alexander continued to drive at a high rate of speed, Hayden said. He braked at the last moment, causing his scooter to skid and hit the cruiser’s front bumper.
Alexander, who was thrown from the motorcycle after the impact, ignored officers’ commands to stay still, Hayden said. He was stopped by the police as he tried to get back on the scooter.
Officers conducted a “track and trace” of Alexander and recovered a black .380-caliber Glock 42 loaded with five rounds, Hayden said. Police located the gun and determined it had been stolen from Manchester, New Hampshire in February 2022. Police also recovered a bag of a white substance believed to be crack cocaine.
During the incident, another person called 911 and told police that a man on a scooter matching Alexander’s description had pointed a gun at them.
In his statement, Hayden said he has made gun crime a focus of his administration and has consistently called for national gun purchase regulations to help stem the flow of firearms from buy-it states like New Hampshire to states with stricter purchase regulations like Massachusetts.
Hayden said the incident reflects the disturbing reality law enforcement faces on a daily basis.
“Day after day, Boston police respond to calls of a person with a gun, shots fired or a person shot,” Hayden said. “We treat these cases with the utmost seriousness and propose dangerousness hearings whenever we determine an intolerable threat to the community.”
“Our investigation shows that a large percentage of the recovered guns come from another state, as is the case here,” Hayden said. “It’s the same group of states: New Hampshire, Virginia, Alabama, Maine, Florida. The guns that are bought there end up here, and they end up harming too many residents, disrupting too many lives and degrading too many neighborhoods.”
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