Thursday, 4:30 PM
S. Yarmouth house sprayed with machine gun
By Globe Staff
A house in South Yarmouth was sprayed with machine gun fire early this morning in an incident that sparked a statewide search for suspects that ended with five arrests 120 miles away in Fitchburg, police said.
No one was hurt, but Yarmouth police allege that the suspects used a Mac-10 45 Caliber Machine Pistol to fire "multiple gunshots" at a home on Winslow Gray Road at about 3 a.m., according to a press release. A half dozen Yarmouth patrol officers responded to scene and determined that the shots were fire from a black Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle.
After sending out a statewide alert, state police 120 miles away in Fitchburg pulled over a black Pathfinder and arrested five suspects at about 5:15 a.m., police said. Inside the SUV, police said they found a Mac-10 45 Caliber Machine Pistol.
The suspects were charged with possession of a large capacity firearm without a license, possession of a firearm without a license, and possession of ammunition. Police identified the suspects as: Jessica L. Schwenk, 19, of South Dennis; Jill M. Parsons, 20, of South Yarmouth; Ronald Lagos, 20, of Fitchburg; Sean N. Mitchell, 24, of Leominster; and William R. Linde, 19, of Fitchburg.
Linde was also charged with possession of a class D substance for some marijuana that police said they found in the car.
