Sawed-off shotgun seized during search of Springfield apartment, 2 arrested

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Two Massachusetts residents were arrested after a sawed-off shotgun and drugs were found during a search warrant inside a Springfield apartment.

According to the Springfield Police Department, detectives received information on Monday that 18-year-old Matthew Cleary of Springfield was in possession of a sawed-off shotgun and cocaine. A search warrant was executed for his Taylor Street apartment at around 2 a.m. Tuesday.

Cleary and another man, later identified as 19-year-old Levi Vickstrom of Bourne, were arrested after police seized a sawed-off shotgun, heroin, and cocaine.

Matthew Cleary is charged with the following:

• Possession of a Sawed-Off Shotgun
• Conspiracy to Violate Drug Law
• Possession of a Firearm during a Commission of a Felony
• Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class A Drug
• Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class B Drug

Levi Vickstrom is charged with the following::

• Possession of a Sawed-Off Shotgun
• Conspiracy to Violate Drug Law
• Possession of a Firearm during a Commission of a Felony
• Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class A Drug
• Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class B Drug
• Tampering or Destruction of Evidence
• Default Warrant – Wareham District Court
  – Breaking & Entering into a Building – Daytime for a Felony
  – Larceny of a Motor Vehicle
• Default Warrant – Wareham District Court
  – Use of a Motor Vehicle without Authority
  – Littering