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Collection of weapons, ammunition removed from Auburn home
By Bill Fortier TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
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AUBURN — A Rochdale Street man faces weapons charges after law enforcement officials took 85 guns and about 800 pounds of ammunition from his home late last week.
Auburn Detective Sergeant Jeffrey A. Lourie said police searched a home owned by Anthony Simulynas, 72, of 394 Rochdale St. Thursday, and that charges will be filed after police talk tomorrow to the district attorney’s office, which is closed today because of the holiday.
Police went to the home Thursday after Paul D. Mateiko, 54, of 184 Highland St., Worcester, told Worcester police he had stolen a German-built MG34 machine gun from Mr. Simulynas. Worcester police found heavy machine guns, shotguns, pistols and ammunition in Mr. Mateiko’s house when they and ambulance workers responded to a medical call on Feb. 8. Mr. Mateiko faces four counts of illegal possession of a machine gun and possession of an infernal machine, C-4 plastic explosives.
Mr. Simulynas acknowledged to police that Mr. Mateiko had stolen the large, thick-barreled MG34 machine gun that was used in the 1930s as a tank and aircraft defense weapon.
An unspecified amount of what Detective Sergeant Lourie said were military-style munitions has been turned over to the federal Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which assisted local police and Worcester police detectives in Thursday’s raid on the home in a residential part of town near the former Champagne’s Garage.
Mr. Simulynas had his license to carry firearms and firearms dealer’s license revoked in 1999 by then-Auburn Police Chief Ronald Miller. Mr. Simulynas cooperated with police, who spent more than five hours in the home removing the weapons and ammunition. With the exception of three rifles in a case, all the other weapons and ammunition were improperly stored in the house that Mr. Simulynas shares with his wife, according to police.
Collection of weapons, ammunition removed from Auburn home
By Bill Fortier TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
[email protected]
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AUBURN — A Rochdale Street man faces weapons charges after law enforcement officials took 85 guns and about 800 pounds of ammunition from his home late last week.
Auburn Detective Sergeant Jeffrey A. Lourie said police searched a home owned by Anthony Simulynas, 72, of 394 Rochdale St. Thursday, and that charges will be filed after police talk tomorrow to the district attorney’s office, which is closed today because of the holiday.
Police went to the home Thursday after Paul D. Mateiko, 54, of 184 Highland St., Worcester, told Worcester police he had stolen a German-built MG34 machine gun from Mr. Simulynas. Worcester police found heavy machine guns, shotguns, pistols and ammunition in Mr. Mateiko’s house when they and ambulance workers responded to a medical call on Feb. 8. Mr. Mateiko faces four counts of illegal possession of a machine gun and possession of an infernal machine, C-4 plastic explosives.
Mr. Simulynas acknowledged to police that Mr. Mateiko had stolen the large, thick-barreled MG34 machine gun that was used in the 1930s as a tank and aircraft defense weapon.
An unspecified amount of what Detective Sergeant Lourie said were military-style munitions has been turned over to the federal Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which assisted local police and Worcester police detectives in Thursday’s raid on the home in a residential part of town near the former Champagne’s Garage.
Mr. Simulynas had his license to carry firearms and firearms dealer’s license revoked in 1999 by then-Auburn Police Chief Ronald Miller. Mr. Simulynas cooperated with police, who spent more than five hours in the home removing the weapons and ammunition. With the exception of three rifles in a case, all the other weapons and ammunition were improperly stored in the house that Mr. Simulynas shares with his wife, according to police.