Federal prosecutors say 26-year-old Ashley Bigsbee, of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, is charged with unlawful possession of an M-4 assault rifle and making false statements to FBI agents.
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Former Army Reservist James Morales has been charged with the gun theft.
The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward up to $15,000 for information leading to the recovery of the remaining six firearms stolen from the United States Army Reserve Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Days after Morales’s arrest, three of the weapons were found in a park across from Yankee Stadium.
The FBI continues to devote significant resources to locate and recover these firearms and remove them from the possession of the unauthorized individual(s) who may have them.
Bigsbee was arrested on an outstanding state warrant on November 20.
A search of the phone showed numerous photographs, including a photograph of Bigsbee with a distinctive hand tattoo, a photograph of what appears to be a stolen Sig Sauer handgun and an M-4 assault rifle.
In a related development, the final stolen M-4 was recovered by law enforcement agents in Dorchester on the afternoon of November 27.
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Her lawyer, Blake J. Rubin, said in a statement that Bigsbee is “a young woman who is devastated by the very serious charges lodged by the government against her. She misses her mother very much and is hopeful the court will see fit to release her after the detention hearing”.
