Quincy Police Seize Brass Knuckles, Stolen Gun At Traffic Stop

QUINCY, MA — Quincy police charged a Weymouth man and Quincy man with drugs and weapons charges after a traffic stop on Marriott Drive Monday night. Police said Austin Keaney, of Weymouth, 25, was charged with possession of a stolen gun, while Christopher Keeley, of Quincy, was charged with carrying brass knuckles, among other charges.

Police said Officer Stephen Dabilis stopped an improperly registered car on Marriott Drive about 8:30 Monday night. Police said Keeley told the officer he did not have a license, did not know who owned the car and did not know the address of the girl he said he was trying to find. After determining the car might have been stolen, the driver and a passenger were ordered out of the car for additional questioning.

During a pat frisk of Keaney, the backseat passenger, police said Officer Dabilis found a folding knife in his pocket. A further search uncovered a small amount of marijuana, a small plastic bag containing 15 pills marked Xanax and $2,000 in cash. Police said a search of the car discovered a 9-mm automatic handgun with seven rounds in a bag where Keaney had been sitting.

More marijuana, a digital scale and the brass knuckles were also found in the search.

Keaney was charged with possession of a firearm without identification, improper storage of a firearm, possession of ammunition without identification, possession of Xanax with intent to distribute and possession of a stolen gun.

Keeley was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon (the brass knuckles), possession of Xanax with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, conspiracy, operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked license, falsely attaching plates, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and operating and uninsured motor vehicle.

A second passenger in the car was not charged. The car was towed and the plates seized.

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