Crime & Safety

JP Man Among Those Arrested On Gun Charges in Dorchester

Six men face gun and drug possession charges after being arrested early Saturday morning on Blue Hill Avenue.

Jonathan J. Garcia, 22, of Jamaica Plain, was one of six men arrested Saturday morning and charged with unlawful firearm possession and drug charges.

Boston Police, responding to a call of people with guns in the area of 580 Blue Hill Ave., chased six men over Dorchester rooftops just before 12:30 a.m. March 2.

Police found a handgun and drugs in a second-floor apartment where Garcia was arrested.

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“Officers seized several more bricks of marijuana; about 184 grams of heroin in four bags; about 225 grams of cocaine in two bags; about 34 grams of crack cocaine in two bags; and evidence of drug distribution that included a scale, baggies, cutting agents, and ledgers,” according to a Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley press release.

Garcia, along with the five others, was held on $200,000 cash bail in Dorchester District Court Monday.

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