Mass. business owner held without bail on 26 drug and firearm charges had machine gun, DA says

A Brockton man is being held without bail and facing 26 criminal charges, including machine gun possession, after prosecutors allege he was running a criminal enterprise from his local business.

Felipe Jonet-Branco, 31, was arraigned in Brockton District Court on Thursday, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said in a statement on Friday. A judge held Jonet-Branco without bail after prosecutors moved for a dangerousness hearing.

His arraignment followed his arrest and an investigation involving the FBI and the Massachusetts State Police’s Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team (CINRET)…

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