Armor-wearing Nantucket man was holding a gun loaded with 15 rounds during Dorchester foot chase, police say

A antheral who managed to thrust distant from constabulary successful Yarmouth a twelvemonth agone proved incapable to outrun Boston Police pack officers chasing him arsenic helium held a loaded weapon successful his close manus successful Dorchester aboriginal this morning, constabulary say.

Police report that pack officers were looking for Winston Cottrell, 31, of Nantucket, aft they'd learned helium mightiness person a gun, successful the country of Quincy and Ceylon streets. Shortly aft 1:30 a.m., constabulary say, they recovered him walking down the thoroughfare - though helium began to tally erstwhile helium spotted the officers:

Officers observed the fishy holding a firearm successful his close manus arsenic helium fled. The equipped fishy was placed successful custody pursuing a little ft pursuit and ensuing struggle. The officers past recovered a .40 caliber M&P handgun loaded with 1 circular of ammunition successful the enclosure and 14 further rounds successful the mag arsenic good arsenic a spare mag loaded with 11 rounds of ammunition. Officers besides discovered that the fishy was wearing assemblage armor underneath his jacket.

He was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm, 2 counts of possession of a large-capacity feeding instrumentality and utilizing assemblage armor successful the committee of a felony, constabulary say.

Shortly earlier 2 a.m. connected Nov. 7 of past year, a constabulary serviceman successful Yarmouth pulled Cottrell implicit for motor-vehicle infractions, which included driving with a suspended licence and a revoked registration. But then, constabulary say, Cottrell floored it and escaped earlier abandoning the car astir a mile away. Police accidental they recovered "a ample amount" of marijuana and cause paraphernalia successful the abandoned car.

Innocent, etc.