Milford MA Police say teen threatened peer on Snapchat with gun

March 9, 2026, 11:52 a.m. ET Milford Police said an online gun threat has led to a Milford teen facing more than a dozen gun and drug charges. Police arrested the 16-year-old juvenile on Thursday, March 5, after serving a search warrant at his home, Chief Robert Tusino said Monday, March 9. Police did not identify the teen due to their age. “This was pretty serious,” Tusino said. “This is one of those cases, for lack of a better term, starts as a molehill and turns into a mountain.” Last week, the teen threatened to shoot and kill a fellow Milford High School student on Snapchat, police allege. Police obtained a search warrant for the teen’s home. There, they allegedly found a Ravens Arm MP-25 handgun; ammunition; and more than 42 grams of cocaine, as well as fentanyl, Valium, Suboxone, Xanax and other items typically used in drug trafficking, according to Tusino. Police charged the teen with possession of a firearm without an FID card; possession of ammunition without an FID card; possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; improper storage of a firearm; assault with a dangerous weapon; threatening to commit a crime; trafficking in cocaine;
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