WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts State Police have identified eight of the 11 men who were arrested following an hourslong armed standoff near Interstate 95 in Wakefield.
The group refers to itself as a militia and state that they adhere to “Moorish Sovereign Ideology.”
One of the people arrested was a male juvenile and two others are refusing to give their names. They are being charged with a variety of offenses including unlawful possession of a firearm.
Troopers recovered three AR-15 rifles; two pistols; a bolt-action rifle; a shotgun; and a short barrel rifle.
The standoff started early Saturday after a trooper stopped to help the group after they ran out of fuel.
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