BOSTON, May 5, 2015— A Mattapan man was held on high bail yesterday on firearm and drug charges after his arrest for allegedly leading Boston Police officers on a chase from the scene of an apparent shooting, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

ERRIN CRAWFORD (D.O.B. 9/5/88) was arraigned in Dorchester Municipal Court on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession with intent to distribute a class B substance, and operating with a suspended license.  Assistant District Attorney William Kettlewell requested that bail be set in the amount of $50,000 and that Crawford be subject to GPS monitoring and home confinement in the event he were to be released on bail.  Kettlewell also requested that Crawford’s open bail be revoked on a 2014 case out of Roxbury Municipal Court charging assault with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery.  Judge Serge Georges imposed $25,000 bail and ordered Crawford to submit to GPS monitoring and a curfew if released.  He denied the motion to revoke Crawford’s open bail.

Boston Police officers responded to the area of Trull and Hancock streets shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sunday for a report of gunfire and a possible victim struck.  Upon their arrival in the area, officers observed a black Dodge Charger with its windows shot out fleeing from the scene.  Officers followed the vehicle, which turned the wrong way on Trull Street and soon struck a telephone pole on Dacia Street; the driver then fled the vehicle on foot. 

Officers apprehended the driver, later identified as Crawford, after a brief struggle.  As he was taken into custody, officers observed him discard a small plastic bag containing 12 individually wrapped bags of suspected cocaine, prosecutors said.

A loaded Raven 25 caliber handgun was observed in plain view on the Charger’s dashboard.  Officers searched the scene where shots were initially fired and located 19  9 mm shell casings.  Along Crawford’s path of flight, officers recovered a blue latex glove and a gray and yellow shirt that Crawford was observed discarding, prosecutors said.

Investigators determined that Crawford possessed neither a license to carry a firearm nor a license to operate a motor vehicle.

The 21-year-old Dorchester man who was struck by gunfire in the incident checked himself into Boston Medical Center for treatment of multiple non-life threatening gunshot wounds to the upper back.

Crawford was represented by Chris Kenney.  He returns to court June 2.

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