Informant’s tip leads to warrant search, arrest of Taunton teen on drug distribution, firearms offenses

TAUNTON — Detective Lauren Fiola of the Fall River Police Department, who is assigned to the department’s Community Action and Suppression Team/FBI Metro Boston Gang Taskforce, wrote in a Dec. 30, 2025 search warrant application affidavit that, within the past week, she had received information from a “confidential reliable informant” who stated that 19-year-old Jaymeson Freitas of Taunton was in possession of multiple illegal firearms.

Detective Fiola said the confidential reliable informant, referred to as “CI or IT” in the affidavit, reported that although Freitas lives in Taunton, he frequently travels to Fall River.

“The CI [confidential reliable informant] further advised that Jaymeson resides on Railroad Avenue in Taunton, Massachusetts, in a townhouse-style residence,” Det. Fiola wrote in the affidavit…

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