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Yarmouth police arrest man after violent attack, seize loaded .357 Magnum

Serial number on gun defaced, investigation continues

Michael A. Randall. YPD booking photo.YARMOUTH PORT - A Fresh Holes man faces a long list of charges after being arrested at his girlfriend's home in Yarmouth Port last Friday. According to a Yarmouth police release, officers responded to a domestic violence call at 145 Union Street Friday evening around 8 p.m.

At the home, the victim told officers her boyfriend, 21-year-old Michael A. Randall of 42 Fresh Holes Road in Hyannis, had attacked her and may still be armed with a loaded gun.

Officers arrested Randall at the woman's home. According to police, they also found the gun--a loaded and unsecured .357 Magnum handgun.  The serial number on the firearm had been defaced.

Randall was placed under arrest and transported to the Yarmouth Police Station where he was processed and charged with the following:

• Assault and battery
• Improper storage of a firearm
• Felony unlawful possession of a firearm
• Unlawful possession of ammunition
• Felony assault to murder
• Felony assault and battery while armed with a dangerous weapon
• Felony possession of stolen property
• Possession of a defaced firearm
• Felony breaking and entering in the nighttime
• Destruction of property

Michael A. Randall was arraigned in Barnstable District Court on Monday.

The investigation into the stolen Magnum continues.