Felon Posts Pic with Guns, Gets Arrested

A Havre de Grace man was reportedly arrested after police saw a picture of him holding guns on Twitter.

Tyren T. Alston, 21, was arrested last week and charged with firearm possession with a felony conviction, illegal possession of a registered firearm and possession of drugs other than marijuana, according to court records.

While searching for something online that was not related to this case earlier in the month, a corporal from the Havre de Grace Police Department noticed a picture posted on Twitter from Sept. 26 that showed Alston holding two guns to his temples, according to The Aegis.

Alston, of the 800 block of Garfield Road, was familiar to police. He was sentenced in 2013 to four years in jail and five years of probation for an armed robbery that occurred in 2012, court records show. The Havre de Grace Police Department was the arresting agency.

Having been convicted of a felony, Alston was not allowed to legally own a gun in Maryland.

Police searched Alston’s home on Oct. 22 and found the guns from the picture in his aunt’s bedroom and a bag of Oxycodone in his bedroom, The Aegis reported.

Officers arrested Alston at 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 23, according to the Havre de Grace Police Department. Police said he was taken to the Harford County Detention Center for processing.

According to The Aegis, a judge ordered he be held without bail at an Oct. 26 hearing.

Alston is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing in Harford County District Court on Nov. 19.

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland has made it a priority to crack down on felons with guns through an initiative called EXILE, which aims to prosecute violent offenders to the maximum extent possible, including sending them to federal prison without the possibility of parole.