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Alexis David, 17 of Roxbury, and Jordan Jones, 21, of Jamaica Plain, both were employees at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation for the summer and were both arrested for Distribution of a Class D Substance, Marijuana, at Revere Beach on Saturday night.

Massachusetts State Police Officers assigned to monitor ongoing drug activity at Revere Beach were actively engaged in the investigation that led to David's and Jones' arrest. No details concerning the arrests were disclosed by the Massachusetts State Police.

Although Possession of 1 Ounce or Less of Marijuana has been decriminalized by the Massachusetts State Legislature, the sale or distribution of marijuana still remains a crime.

Both David and Jones were arraigned this morning in Chelsea District Court on Drug Charges, including Distribution of a Class D Substance.

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Leonel Lopez-Ortiz, 38, was arrested on charges including Identity Fraud following his arrest in Randolph this past Wednesday. After his arrest, Lopez-Oritz' car was search by the Massachusetts State Police, from which they recovered $159,000 in a shopping bag; and an additional $7,000 in cash from inside the home.

Lopez-Ortiz is also believed to be the same man with outstanding warrants on cocaine Drug Trafficking charges out of Suffolk Superior and Roxbury District Courts, as well as a warrant for Distribution of Cocaine out of the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court.

Lopez-Ortiz is also suspected of having intentionally mutilated his fingertips so as to avoid authorities from obtaining his identity. Unrelated to this incident, Jorge Falcon Ortiz was also found to have intentionally mutilated his fingertips after his arrest last week on unrelated drug charges.

Following his arraignment today in Quincy District Court on Drug Trafficking Charges, Lopez-Ortiz was held on $500,000 cash bail.

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Jonas Moses-Gilson, 20, of Arlington, Massachusetts, pled guilty this past Wednesday in Middlesex Superior Court to several armed robberies in Cambridge and Somerville that dated back to last May.

Moses-Gilson pled guilty to three counts of Masked Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, three counts of Assault & Battery, Armed Assault to Rob, and Resisting Arrest. In an unrelated matter, he also pled guilty to Trafficking in Cocaine, Distribution, and Possession with Intent to Distribute and Conspiracy to Violate Drug Laws.

At sentencing, Moses-Gilson was sentenced to five years and one day in prison, with five years' probation thereafter.

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