BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Governor Maura Healey has ordered an inspection of all Massachusetts shelter sites following the arrest of a shelter resident who possessed $1 million of fentanyl and a loaded AR-15.
The 28-year-old suspect was staying in the Revere Quality Inn–which currently acts as an emergency housing site–and entered the country illegally, according to the federal government. Governor Healey says her administration’s shelter review will begin with the Revere site.
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“There is zero tolerance for criminal activity or bad actors within any of the shelter sites or state-sponsored sites,” Healey said.
Republican lawmakers and officials are raising questions about how the alleged criminal was placed in a shelter when state policies dictate a thorough background check.
“Why are long-term Massachusetts families left waiting for emergency housing while a criminal illegal immigrant is conducting a criminal enterprise from within state-funded housing? This amounts to a state-funded crime,” said Amy Carnevale, the Republican Party’s State Chair.