New Hampshire Man Arraigned on Weapons Trafficking Charges

A New Hampshire man was arraigned Wednesday on weapons charges. He was arrested on Tuesday by Tewksbury Police in collaboration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives following a firearms trafficking investigation.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan says John Miller, 29, of Milford, New Hampshire, was arraigned Wednesday on 20 weapons-related charges including firearms trafficking, unlicensed sale of an assault weapon, possession of a firearm without a license, and multiple counts of possession of large capacity firearms and ammunition.

Judge Michael Brooks set bail at $20,000 cash and ordered the defendant to wear a GPS monitoring device, and to not leave Massachusetts.

The next scheduled hearing in this case is Tuesday, Nov. 17.

On Tuesday, October 20, the Tewksbury Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) arrested the defendant as part of a joint criminal investigation into an individual attempting to illegally sell firearms. The defendant allegedly sold the firearms and ammunition to an undercover ATF agent. He did not have a firearms dealer’s license, a license to carry in Massachusetts, or a firearms identification card.

The Tewksbury Police Department, ATF, and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office are investigating this incident.