CT teen arrested after police raid allegedly turns up guns, magazines in apartment
A teenager was arrested in Hartford on Wednesday after a raid at his apartment reportedly turned up two guns, including one that would be fired as an automatic, and multiple magazines.
The search was carried out at an apartment at on Lawrence Street by the Vice and Narcotics Unit with assistance from the Emergency Response Team, according to Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police Department.
Boisvert said authorities had a search warrant for the apartment in connection to an illegal firearms investigation. During the search, they allegedly found a Glock 19 with an extended magazine containing 29 live rounds, a Glock 17 equipped with an auto switch and various magazines, according to Boisvert.
A resident of the apartment, 19-year-old Jefzabdiel Roman-Reyes, was arrested. He faces charges of possession of a machine gun and six counts of possession of a high-capacity magazine.
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