NEW BEDFORD, MA — A 36-year-old man is facing multiple charges following the execution of search warrants that resulted in the seizure of drugs, firearms and ammunition.
Steven Ellis, of New Bedford, was arrested Thursday following a joint investigation by the New Bedford Police Department’s Violent Crime Intelligence Unit and the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit.
Detectives executed search warrants at Ellis’s residence and an associated garage as part of an investigation into the illegal possession and distribution of narcotics.
During the search of the residence, detectives located 96 Suboxone film strips, three firearms registered to Ellis’s girlfriend and packaging materials consistent with narcotics distribution.
Ellis does not possess a License to Carry or Firearm Identification Card in Massachusetts.
The firearms were seized and the owner’s license to carry was suspended by the Fairhaven Police Department, the issuing authority.
During the search of the garage, detectives seized a Marlin .22 caliber rifle, a Springfield shotgun, a Remington shotgun, a Polymer80 ghost gun, a .22 caliber pistol with a defaced serial number, a taser, 16.9 grams of cocaine, 55 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, ammunition and two large-capacity magazines.
Ellis was charged with two counts of possession with intent to distribute a Class B drug, possession of a Class C drug, six counts of carrying a firearm without a license, defacing a serial number on a firearm, possession of an untraceable firearm, five counts of possession of ammunition without an FID card and two counts of possession of a large capacity feeding device.
