A Fall River man pled guilty and was sentenced Thursday in Superior Court after facing nearly two dozen charges including Possession of an Assault Weapon, Possession of Large Capacity Weapon/Feeding Device, and Possession of Ammunition without a License to Carry/Firearm Identification Card.
According to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, in August 2023, a joint investigation between the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, Fall River Police Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office, and the United States Postal Inspection Service served Joshua Rosa-Reyes with a License to Carry revocation and firearm surrender order. Rosa-Reyes complied, and investigators seized a total of 30 firearms, including 16 assault weapons, 46 large capacity magazines, and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Further investigation led to a search warrant of Rosa-Reyes’ Fall River residence executed by Massachusetts State Police, ATF, HSI, USPIS, FRPD, and RIAG. During the search, authorities discovered numerous large capacity magazines, ammunition and documentation revealing Rosa-Reyes rented a storage locker in Fall River. A search of the storage locker revealed an illegally possessed AK-47 assault weapon, an illegally possessed .357 Magnum revolver, ammunition, over one hundred large capacity feeding devices, and various other gun parts including three lower receivers, which are major components of firearms and are considered firearms under federal law.
A second storage unit connected to Rosa-Reyes, located in the same facility, was discovered and searched. Investigators found heat-sealed plastic bag containing one gray and orange Glock-style ghost gun and $10,000 cash hidden in a plastic container.
According to the court clerk, on Thursday in Fall River Superior Court, Rosa-Reyes was sentenced to 3 years probation. The three Possession of Large Capacity Weapon/Feeding Device counts were dropped, and he pled guilty to two counts of Possession of Ammunition without a License to Carry/Firearm Identification Card and eighteen lesser charges of Possession of a Firearm without an FID Card.
