LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - Three men are facing multiple charges following an armed home invasion in Lawrence early Thursday morning.
Lawrence police officers responding to a reported home invasion in progress at 182 Dawes St. were speaking with witnesses when they heard footsteps running down the rear staircase, according to police. That’s when three men opened a rear door and ran into an officer who was covering the back of the building.
Police say the officer ordered one of the men, later identified as 31-year-old Angel Figueras, of Lawrence, to drop a silver firearm that he was holding.
After dropping the weapon, Figueras, Jean Viloria, 28, of Lawrence, and Jesus Villa, 26, of Reading, Pennsylvania, were placed under arrest.
A second firearm was found after a search of the apartment, according to police.
One person in the apartment was pistol-whipped and told they were “going to die,” according to court documents.
The three men were each charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed robbery, home invasion, kidnapping, carrying a loaded firearm without a license and receiving stolen property.
Figueras faces an additional charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.
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