Alleged Heath Street gang member already facing state gun charges in four cases now faces federal charge based in part on his Snapchat posts

An alleged Heath Street pack subordinate whom ATF agents accidental they captured connected Snapchat waving guns astir and exhaling marijuana fume present faces a national complaint of being a cause idiosyncratic successful possession of a firearm and ammunition, the US Attorney's bureau reports.

Although marijuana is nary longer amerciable to fume nether authorities law, it is nether national law. The national charge, filed against Dumari Shakur Scarlett-Dixon, 20, past month, is connected apical of charges helium already faces successful 3 antithetic section courts for unlawful possession of a firearm, successful a 2018 lawsuit successful Suffolk County juvenile court, cases successful 2019 and March, 2021 successful Roxbury District Court and a lawsuit successful February, 2021 successful Dorchester District Court, according to an affidavit by an ATF cause who worked connected his case.

As a information for merchandise connected each the authorities charges, Scarlett-Dixon was required to determination distant from the Heath Street country and successful with his grandma successful Weymouth, wherever helium was arrested Nov. 30, aft an probe successful which ATF agents monitored his Snapchat feed, connected which they accidental helium posted videos of himself posing with and shaking semi-automatic guns, arsenic good arsenic "numerous videos of himself smoking what appears to beryllium marijuana."

Armed with a hunt warrant, the affidavit continues, agents raided his grandmother's location connected Sept. 24, aft archetypal stopping Scarlett-Dixon erstwhile helium drove distant from the location that day:

Agents proceeded to the residence, wherever they were met by SCARLETT-DIXON's grandma and respective tiny children. SCARLETT-DIXON advised agents that his belongings were each successful his country and that helium had a weapon nether his pillow and ammunition successful his safe. From SCARLETT-DIXON's bedroom, agents seized a Bersa 9 millimeter semiautomatic pistol containing 14 rounds of 9 millimeter ammunition successful a precocious capableness ammunition clip nether a pillow connected SCARLETT-DIXON's bed. From the closet successful his room, agents besides seized 8 escaped rounds of a 9 millimeter ammunition. From the harmless successful the closet, agents seized 27 rounds of 9 millimeter ammunition and 10 rounds of .380 caliber ammunition. Agents observed respective marijuana blunts scattered passim the room. ...

A hunt of SCARLETT-DIXON's cellular telephone revealed galore posts depicting photos of him successful possession of firearms and ammunition arsenic good arsenic photos/text messages indicating his usage and organisation of marijuana. Finally, net searches conducted connected SCARLETT-DIXON's cellular telephone showed that SCARLETT-DIXON regularly searched for accusation astir firearms, including searches for "Tactical Green Laser Light Combo Led Pistol Gun Rechargeable Battery," "High Capacity Magazines," and "Ruger ec9s laser airy combo," and reviewed property releases for firearm and cause trafficking-related arrests, including "Man Sentenced to Prison successful Fall River Court After Robbing Drug Dealer astatine Gunpoint" and "Police Arrest Four Teens, Including 15-Year Old Boy With Loaded Gun, After Pursuit successful South Boston."

At a proceeding yesterday, a US District Court magistrate justice ordered Scarlett-Dixon held pending a proceeding connected Dec. 21.