Burlington Police Seize Assault Rifle In Raid On Dennis Dr. Home

BURLINGTON, MA -- Acting on a tip that a man with a lengthy criminal record was in possession of illegal firearms, Burlington Police applied for and executed a search warrant on Dennis Drive Friday morning. Police recovered an AR-15 assault rifle with a loaded 30 round magazine inserted, two large bags of spent shell casings and numerous rifle parts and arrested two people.

Brenden Sheils, 31, of Burlington was charged with possession of a large capacity firearm, possession of a large capacity feeding device and firearm violation with two prior violent or drug crimes. Priscilla Perry, 36, who was in the house at the time of the raid, was arrested on numerous outstanding warrants for shoplifting. Sheils is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing.

Burlington police received assistance in executing the search warrant from the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council SWAT team.

In 2013, Sheils's father called Burlington Police to say his son was "out of control" and had a gun, according to police reports. The father called back a short time later to say his son had left the house without the gun. Police eventually found and arrested the younger Sheils on multiple firearms charges. Sheila was also arrested in 2009 and charged with disorderly conduct.

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