Crime & Safety

Foxboro Man Caught With Semi-Automatic Guns, Silencers, Mask: PD

Michael Kennedy, of Foxborough, was caught with two semi-automatic handguns, silencers and a black mask, according to police.

FOXBOROUGH, MA — A Foxborough man was arrested after police said they found two illegally owned guns, silencers, large capacity magazines and a black mask. At 7:42 p.m. Wednesday, police were called to an apartment on the 10th block of Fisher Street when a resident reported a man had a gun without a license to carry.

During the investigation, police said they were shown firearm parts and accessories inside the apartment.Police then got a search warrant and said they identified Michael Kennedy as the owner of the gun parts.

Police said they later learned from the Norfolk Police Department that Kennedy was carrying a gun and told people "he wouldn't go back to prison."

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Police then pulled over a car in front of Kennedy's apartment, and Kennedy was a passenger in the vehicle. Kennedy ran away, but police caught up to him, and he started fighting the officers, police said. Officers used pepper and a stun gun to subdue Kennedy and arrest him.

Officers searched the car and said they found a loaded semi-automatic handgun and a holster. Kennedy's apartment was search and officers found a semi-automatic gun without a serial number, a black mask, several gun parts, large capacity magazines, gun silencers, ammunition and two vials of testosterone, according to police.

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Kennedy was arraigned at Wrentham District Court Thursday. Kennedy was charged with two counts of possession of a large capacity firearm, resisting arrest, assault and battery on a police officer, possession of ammunition without an FID card, possession of a class E drug, making a firearm with no serial number, possession of a firearm silencer, improper storage of a large capacity firearm and possession of a class B drug.

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