Posted Jul 17, 2012 @ 01:49 PM
Wicked Local Brookline:
A Brookline man charged on two warrants and 39 firearm violations was released on $5,000 bail today.
Richard Becker, 55, of 181 Harvard St., was fitted with a GPS ankle bracelet and is due back to Brookline District Court for a pre-trial hearing on July 19.
He cannot have any weapons, a bail condition imposed during an appeal hearing on June 29.
Becker was arrested on was arrested Monday, June 11, and charged on two warrants out of Quincy District Court, and 39 firearm violations. Becker lived in a three-story brick home just blocks away Coolidge Corner.
Police found swords, knives, and 36 guns, including several high-powered assault weapons in his home. All of the guns were unlicensed.
Becker is facing 39 charges, including eleven counts of possession of a large capacity rifle, 10 counts of possession of a large capacity firearm, fourteen counts of possession of a firearm, and one count of possession of a rifle. He was also charged with two counts of possession of a silencer, and one count of possession of a large capacity feeding device.
Among the weapons police took from the home were an AK-47, an Uzi, a TEC-9 pistol, and a colt-AR-15—a popular assault weapon used by the US military.
He was held without bail at his arraignment on June 14 and was later determined dangerous during a hearing on June 20, which he appealed on June 29.
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