New Bedford Man on the Run from Police When Caught with Illegal Gun and Drugs Sentenced to Prison
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office
Thomas M. Quinn III
District Attorney
Press Release
April 3, 2023
A 27-year-old New Bedford man with a lengthy criminal record was sentenced to prison time last week after being convicted of trafficking cocaine and possessing an illegal gun, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
Tylor Martin pled guilty in Fall River Superior Court on Friday to indictments charging him with Carrying an Illegal Firearm with a Prior Violent Conviction, Unlawful Possession of a Large Capacity Feeding Device and Trafficking Cocaine.
At the time of his arrest on October 18, 2022, police had been searching for him for about a year due to two active domestic violence-related arrest warrants issued against him in 2021. When Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section developed information about his whereabouts, they located him hiding out at an apartment on West Hill Road.
After being placed under arrest, police observed a loaded 9mm handgun and narcotics in plain view. Police obtained a search warrant, searched the room and located more than 48 grams of crack cocaine, along with a 30-round high capacity firearm magazine.
The defendant was sentenced to serve three to four years in state prison by Judge William White. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Shawn Guilderson.
The defendant still faces charges of Domestic Assault and Battery, Assault, Strangulation, Intimidation, Breaking and Entering and Unarmed Robbery in New Bedford District Court for two separate 2021 incidents in that city.
“The defendant has a history of violence and was in possession of a firearm, large capacity feeding device and a large quantity of drugs while on the run from police. He clearly is a danger to the community and needs to be kept off the street to protect the public,” District Attorney Quinn said.
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