Joint Release: Two Arraigned in Connection with Possession of Weapons and Ammunition in Tewksbury
TEWKSBURY – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Tewksbury Chief of Police Timothy Sheehan have announced that Francho Bradley, 59, of Frisco, Texas, and Adrianne Jennings, 40, of Frisco, Texas, were arraigned today in Lowell District Court in connection with a large seizure of weapons allegedly located in the defendants’ hotel room over the weekend.
Bradley and Jennings were charged with multiple counts of possession of a large capacity firearm, multiple counts of improper storage of a large capacity firearm, three counts of possession of a silencer, one count of possession of a firearm without a license, one count of possession of ammunition without a license three counts of possession of an infernal machine and possession of a machine gun (bump stock).
Judge Ellen Caulo ordered both defendants held without bail pending a 58A dangerousness hearing scheduled for March 30.
On March 24, 2018, at approximately 3:44 p.m., a Tewksbury Dispatcher received a call from Bradley where he allegedly stated that he believed his hotel room was being broken into because a video surveillance device that he had attached to his door had cut out. The defendant allegedly expressed concerns that he was not in Tewksbury and that inside the room was a firearm that was unsecured. Tewksbury Police subsequently responded to the hotel room at the Residence Inn on Andover Street in Tewksbury where both defendants were staying. Once in the hotel room authorities allegedly observed several long guns wrapped in a flight suit. A search warrant was granted for the hotel room and the couple’s vehicle where more weapons, ammunition, large capacity feeding devices and infernal machines were discovered including an AK-47, an AR-15 with a grenade launcher, a large capacity shotgun, a bump stock and numerous rounds of ammunition.
Bradley and Jennings were both placed under arrest upon returning to the hotel. A frisk of both defendants was performed and police determined that neither had a firearm on their person. Through their investigation, authorities learned that the defendants allegedly drove to Massachusetts from Texas with the weapons, ammunition, large capacity feeding devices, and infernal machines located in the hotel room.
This investigation is being conducted by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the Tewksbury Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. At this point in time we do not believe there is any additional threat to public safety; however our investigation is continuing. As this is an active investigation no additional information is being released at this time.
These charges are allegations and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The prosecutor assigned to this case is Assistant District Attorney Daniel Harren.