Joint Release: Two Held Without Bail 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 ordered held without bail today by Judge Stacey Fortes following a 58A dangerousness hearing in Lowell District Court in connection with a large seizure of weapons allegedly located in the defendants’ hotel room over the weekend. The next date is April 26 for a probable cause hearing.
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. Authorities subsequently located multiple weapons, ammunition, large capacity feeding devices and infernal machines. A ballistics test of the high capacity firearms, ammunition and the bump stock located completed by Massachusetts State Police has determined the weapons are operable. Authorities also recovered multiple vests, helmets and other tactical gear in the room.
Bradley allegedly provided investigators with information that the gear was for a mission and furnished identification including an apparent fraudulent Department of Defense Badge. Investigators subsequently learned that the defendants allegedly drove to Massachusetts from Texas with the items located in the hotel room and vehicle. The preliminary investigation has determined that Bradley was employed by a Cambridge company, in the area where he received multiple parking tickets that were recovered in the room, and that both defendants were working while they were staying at the Residence Inn in Tewksbury.
At this point investigators have not uncovered a specific plot or wider conspiracy; however this remains an ongoing and active investigation.
Bradley and Jennings are charged with multiple counts of possession of a large capacity firearm, multiple counts of possession of a large capacity feeding device, multiple counts of improper storage of a large capacity firearm, 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).
Bradley and Jennings were both placed under arrest on Saturday, March 24 and were arraigned on Monday in Lowell District Court.
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.
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.