Authorities have said Leonardo Andujar Sanchez entered the U.S. unlawfully and never applied for the state shelter system. The post Dominican man arrested at Revere shelter now facing federal drug, gun charges appeared first on Boston.

A Dominican national living at a state-run emergency family shelter in Revere has been charged in federal court in Boston for allegedly possessing an assault rifle and five kilograms of suspected fentanyl,

The feds have lodged charges against the illegal immigrant arrested at a Revere hotel that is part of Massachusetts’ emergency assistance shelter program. Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, 28, already faced state charges on firearms — he allegedly had an AR-15 and high-capacity feeding devices and by virtue of his immigration status was not allowed to have any weaponry — as well as possession

An undocumented migrant from the Dominican Republic is facing federal charges after authorities said he had drugs and an AR-style assault rifle in a Revere hotel room that was being used as an emergency shelter site.

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