Boston Police officers with a search warrant arrested a Randolph man in a Cummins Highway apartment near Mattapan Square last Wednesday morning (Feb. 12) during an operation that police say yielded a loaded rifle, three guns and bags of coke, crack, and fentanyl. Sean Brown, 29, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, second offense, unlawful possession of a loaded firearm, second offense and unlawful possession of ammunition, police say. He was not charged with possession of the drugs.

At his arraignment in Dorchester Municipal Court on Feb. 13, Judge Jonathan Tynes ordered him held pending a dangerousness hearing on March 10.

According to a BPD report, officers went to 880 Cummins Highway around 8:40 a.m. on Feb. 12. and after a few minutes, an individual opened the door…. Officers secured the outside of the building, where they observed a discarded firearm inside of a bucket. After further investigation, officers determined that an individual inside of the apartment had discarded the firearm upon officers’ arrival. The suspect was placed into handcuffs, and the apartment was secured pending a search warrant. The firearm recovered was later determined to be a Glock 37 with one round in the chamber and seven rounds in the magazine.”

The arrest came one week after a multi-agency investigation into an alleged human-trafficking ring housed at a nearby Cummins Highway apartment resulted in the arrest of six people on Feb. 6.

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A man who was shot and killed at 35 Tennis Rd. in Mattapan on Feb. 5 has been identified as Mauricio Lawrence, 33, of Mattapan. Police found him unconscious in a basement apartment and he was pronounced dead in the ambulance on the way to a local hospital. Police found shell casings in the driveway. BPD detectives have asked the public to call in tips as they continue their investigation. Please call 1-800-494-TIPS if you can assist.

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A 36-year-old Boston man has been arrested and charged with the hit-and-run death of a 20-year-old college student who was struck in a crosswalk on Washington Street in Roxbury on Jan. 18. Police say the vehicle that struck Taylor Wilkinson was operated by Christopher Baker, who was taken into custody on Belvidere Street in Boston on Feb. 12. He has been charged with manslaughter, leaving the scene, and operating with a suspended license, among other charges. Wilkinson was walking with her sister at the time of the incident. She was injured, but survived.