Egleston teen, West Roxbury man arrested on drug, gun charges

Boston Police report a Boylston Street teen who allegedly tossed a box full of guns and crack out a window and a West Roxbury man hiding in a crawl space over his bathroom were arrested yesterday afternoon as part of an investigation into crack dealing.

Niko Flores, 17, was arrested around 2:30 p.m. at his apartment at 209 Boylston St. by officers who'd arrived there with a search warrant. An officer assigned to guard the rear of the building looked up just in time to see:

A red and yellow box being thrown from the rear window and a young man leaving the window. Once officers secured the suspect, officers inspected the area that officers had heard the metallic sound and the suspect had thrown the box, and recovered two firearms. Officers then recovered the box and discovered a significant amount of crack cocaine. In addition to the crack recovered from the box, officers also found a large piece of crack cocaine near the guns.

During a search of the apartment, police say, officers found scales, plastic bags, ammunition and "a number of personal papers linking the suspect to the drugs" - as well as information that led them to 20 Miami Ave. in West Roxbury:

There, officers encountered a woman who told officers that the named suspect was upstairs but she thought that he may have gone to the basement. Officers went to the basement and discovered that it was a separate housing unit. Officers, now believing the woman was attempting to deceive them, returned to the apartment and entered the bathroom. In the bathroom, officers observed a hatch in the ceiling and directed the suspect to open the hatch and climb down.

Both Flores and John Lara, 20, were charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and trafficking class B drugs.

Innocent, etc.