On Friday, January 23, 2026, at approximately 10:07 a.m., members of the citywide Neighborhood Engagement Safety Team (NEST) conducted an on-site investigation in the area of 774 Albany Street as part of ongoing efforts to address illegal narcotics activity and related quality-of-life concerns in the Mass and Cass corridor of Boston.
During the investigation, officers observed behavior consistent with a street-level narcotics transaction involving two individuals near the entrance of a nearby property. Officers subsequently stopped one of the individuals, later identified as 25-year-old Luis Martinez Agramonte of Dorchester, as he attempted to leave the area on an electric bicycle.
A search resulted in the recovery of 12 individually packaged bags of suspected crack cocaine and 7 individually packaged bags of suspected crack cocaine mixed with fentanyl, along with a firearm recovered from inside Martinez Agramonte’s jacket.
A second individual believed to be involved in the transaction, later identified as 46-year-old Keith Bradford of Dorchester, was located inside a nearby building and stopped for further investigation. During a search, officers recovered suspected crack cocaine.
Detectives assigned to District D-4 responded to take custody of the firearm and process the evidence. The firearm was determined to be a “ghost gun” with a magazine containing 9mm ammunition. Officers also seized an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency believed to be proceeds from drug activity.
Luis Martinez Agramonte was placed under arrest and is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on the following charges:
- Carrying a firearm without a license
- Carrying a loaded firearm without a license
- Possession of ammunition without an FID card
- Possession of a large-capacity firearm
- Possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony
- Distribution of a Class B controlled substance
- Possession with intent to distribute a Class B controlled substance
- Possession with intent to distribute a Class A controlled substance
Keith Bradford was placed under arrest and is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court for:
- Possession of a Class B controlled substance
