Crime & Safety
Milford Man Arrested After Shrewsbury Traffic Stop
Shrewsbury police pulled over a car full of people and discovered one person trying to conceal a gun.
SHREWSBURY, MA — Shrewsbury police last week arrested a Milford man on weapons charges after he tried to hide a handgun from officers, the department reported.
Just before 3:30 a.m. on July 14, Shrewsbury police pulled over a car with six people inside near the Tavern on The Square restaurant in the Whole Foods plaza. Two of the people in the car ran.
Police also saw a man in the back seat of the car trying to hide a bag under the front seat. When police searched the bag, they found a loaded pink 9mm handgun inside.
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The man who tried to hide the bag, Nicolas Alves-Santos, 18, of Milford, was arrested on charges of possession of a gun without a license, carrying a gun without a license, possession of ammunition without a license and improper storage of a gun.
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