Crime & Safety
Local Felon Found with Guns, Drugs and White Supremacist Flags
Nicholas Colacone is facing weapons and drug charges following an investigation that began with a tip on a police department website.
A 36-year-old Johnston man has been charged with illegal weapons possession after police raided his apartment on Wednesday and found rifles, a shotgun, two revolvers, a bulletproof vest, drugs, Nazi and white supremacist flags and other weapons.
Johnston police said they seized the weapons after they got a tip on their website and launched an investigation.
Nicholas Colacone, of Simmons Village Apartments at 347 Simmonsville Ave.,, was due to be arraigned Thursday for the charge.
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In the apartment, police said numerous flags and banners were hanging in the apartment.
Along with the guns, police found knives, clubs, hammers and brass knuckles, police said.
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Colacone is being charged with possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a crime of violence, possession of a controlled substance and possession of brass knuckles.
Colacone pleaded no contest to a charge of manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance in 2000.
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