Crime & Safety
Teen Faces Several Gun Charges In Tewksbury, Police Say
The search warrant was tied to an ongoing investigation into violent threats made on the internet, police said.
TEWKSBURY, MA — A teen is facing several gun charges after police searched a Tewksbury home.
Police conducted the search Oct. 26 around 6 a.m. on Grasshopper Lane. While searching the home, police found a revolver-style handgun and ammunition.
Trenton Touch, 18, of Tewksbury, did not have a proper firearm ID card, police said.
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The search warrant was tied to an ongoing investigation into violent threats made on the internet, police said.
Touch was charged with possession of a firearm without a firearm ID card, possession of ammunition without a firearm ID card and improper storage of a firearm.
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He was held on $50,000 cash bail. If he posts bail, he will be held to home confinement with a GPS-monitoring device. Touch was also ordered not to possess any guns.
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