LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A Texas couple arrested after a major weapons bust at a Tewksbury hotel appeared in court Friday for a dangerousness hearing.
Francho Bradley, 59, and Adrienne Jennings, 40, were ordered held without bail on several charges, including illegal possession of firearms.
Police arrested Bradley and Jennings after investigators said they found a number of guns — including several rifles and a silencer — in the suspects’ room at a Residence Inn last Saturday.
According to investigators, Bradley initially called police after he believed someone was trying to break into the room. Bradley allegedly provided investigators with information that the gear was for a mission and furnished identification including an apparent fraudulent Department of Defense Badge.
Bradley’s attorney said all the weapons recovered by police are “pyrotechnic props” related to Bradley’s job, saying he sells “components of this” to the military.
Officials say a preliminary investigation determined that Bradley was employed by a Cambridge company, in the area where he received multiple parking tickets that were recovered in the room, and that both defendants were working while they were staying at the Tewksbury hotel.
Investigators have not uncovered a specific plot or wider conspiracy, according to officials. The couple remains under investigation.
The two are due back in court on April 26 for a probable cause hearing.
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