BOSTON, Aug. 14, 2014– A Dorchester man arrested Tuesday on gun charges is being held without bail pending a hearing on whether he violated the terms of his open probation on an unrelated case, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

GEQUANN PERRY (D.O.B. 9/6/90) was arraigned in Dorchester Municipal Court on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm as a subsequent offense, unlawful possession of ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm, and being a Level III armed career criminal. 

Perry served 18 months for a 2009 arrest for assault with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery.  He was arrested again in 2011 for unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm and served another three years.  At the time of his arrest, he was wanted for allegedly violating the terms of his probation on a conviction earlier this year for threats to commit a crime.

Assistant District Attorney William Kettlewell requested that Perry be held on $50,000 bail and, if he posts that amount, that he be ordered to remain under house arrest and continue wearing a GPS monitor – already a condition of his probation.  Judge Jonathan Tynes imposed the requested bail and conditions and ordered Perry held without bail until a final probation surrender hearing scheduled for Sept. 17.

Kettlewell told the court that Boston Police officers arrived outside Perry’s School Street apartment building shortly before 11:30 Tuesday morning in order to arrest him on the outstanding probation warrant.  The officers approached Perry as he exited the building and asked to speak with him, at which time Perry’s eyes widened and he began to walk backward away from officers, prosecutors said.  Perry then placed his hand at his waist and ran back to the building and into his apartment; officers observed him toss a loaded Iver Johnson .38 caliber revolver as he entered the apartment prosecutors said.

Officers were able to place Perry under arrest after a struggle with police.  A search of the apartment revealed six live rounds of ammunition, prosecutors said.

Perry was represented by attorney Jessica Thrall.  He will return to court Sept. 26.

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