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Mass. man indicted on weapons charges
01:00 AM EST on Thursday, December 24, 2009
PROVIDENCE — A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted the Massachusetts man shot during a scuffle with an undercover state trooper at Lincoln Woods State Park on charges of possessing a firearm while a felon and possessing a firearm with its serial number removed.
Authorities say Arjusz C. Roszkowski, 26, went to Lincoln Nov. 6 to buy a shotgun and a 9mm Glock handgun for $1,000 from an undercover state trooper to commit robberies. The two struggled in a parking lot and Roszkowski shot himself in the neck, according to police.
Roszkowski, of North Reading, Mass., recovered and the police charged him with seven counts, including possessing a firearm while committing a crime of violence; carrying a pistol without a license; using a firearm to commit a violent crime; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; and altering the identification marks on a firearm.
In addition, he faces federal gun charges in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island.
In 2006, Roszkowski was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison in 2006 for robbing a bank in New Hampshire.
Roszkowski is being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions on $250,000 surety bail, according to the state Department of Corrections Web site.
The case is being prosecuted jointly by state and federal prosecutors.
Katie Mulvaney
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