Fall River man arrested for alleged illegal firearms possession

January 13, 2024 6:14 pm

Gino DeAngelis,

Illegal firearms seized by Fall River Police on Jan 13, 2024. (Fall River Police Department)

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — The Fall River Police Department said that it Vice, Gang, and Intelligence Unit arrested a man on Saturday for alleged illegal firearms possession.

61-year-old Michael Shea was charged with carrying a firearm without a license to carry, four counts of possession of a large capacity firearm, possession of ammunition without an FID card, and possession of a large capacity feeding device.

Michael Shea’s mugshot. (Fall River Police Department)

Police said they arrested Shea as he was traveling down East Main Street.

A search recovered a Polymer AR15, 2 Polymer 80 9mm firearms, Polymer 80 .40 caliber firearm, 261 rounds of 9mm ammunition, and 100 rounds of .223 caliber ammunition.