Springfield Police Department

Springfield Police C3 Officers Seize Loaded Firearm on Fort Pleasant Avenue

 

Springfield Police C3 Officers Seize Loaded Firearm on Fort Pleasant Avenue

Springfield, Mass. — On Sunday November 2nd at approximately 10:10 a.m., members of the Springfield Police C3 Unit under the direction of Sergeant Jacob Werbicki seized a loaded firearm and arrested 27-year-old Jahleo Paquin. 

Around 10 a.m. C3 Officers were conducting a park and walk patrol in the area of Fort Pleasant Avenue.  The Springfield Police Department has received several complaints from citizens for breaking and entering's, trespassing, loitering and open-air drug activity in the area.  

Officers observed a suspect, later identified as Paquin, loitering and smoking a marijuana cigarette (joint).  As officers approached Paquin to inform him that smoking marijuana in public is a city ordinance violation, officers located a loaded firearm in his fanny pack.   Paquin was placed under arrest.   

27-year-old Jahleo Paquin of Springfield is charged with:

  • Carrying a Loaded Firearm without a License
  • Carrying a Firearm without a License
  • Loitering - Ordinance Violation
  • Consuming Marijuana in a Public Place - Ordinance Violation