Crime & Safety
Man Who Allegedly Helped Sell Stolen Armory Guns Back in Court
Tyrone James is back in court on Monday for his alleged connection with a gun theft from a Worcester armory.
MASSACHUSETTS -- A Dorchester man charged in connection with a theft at the Lincoln W. Stoddard U.S. Army Reserve Center is back in U.S. District Court Monday.
Tyrone James, 28, is charged with assisting with selling guns stolen from the Worcester armory in November. His hearing takes place at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, reports the Worcester Telegram and Gazette.
James was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Worcester on Dec. 21 in connection with selling weapons that were stolen from the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Worcester (aka Worcester Armory) and for making false statements to federal agents.
On Nov. 19, James Morales was arrested and charged in connection with the theft of 16 weapons from the Worcester Amory.
On Nov. 20, federal agents searched the residence of Ashlee Bigsbee and Tyrone James, both of whom had met with Morales the day after the robbery.
According to Morales, Bigsbee introduced Morales to James, who then arranged the sale of five handguns in two separate transactions.
During an interview with federal agents, it is alleged that James falsely denied having knowledge of the stolen weapons or having been involved in their sale.
However, said the announcement, forensic examiners recovered numerous previously-deleted text messages in which James allegedly offered to arrange for the sale of weapons stolen from the Worcester Armory. For example, on Nov. 15, 2015 Tyrone texted one contact, “Bro hit me if u know anyone lookin for any blicks.” In a separate conversation, James allegedly negotiated the sale of three M-11 handguns for $900.
On Nov. 19, 2015, James Morales was arrested and charged with one count of unlawful possession of a machine gun, one count of unlawful possession of stolen firearms and one count of theft of government property. Ashley Bigsbee has been charged with one count of unlawful possession of stolen firearms and one count of false statements.
