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Arrest Warrant Yields High-Caliber Weapons, Body Armor, Drugs In West Park

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - An arrest warrant for a suspect involved in a recent aggravated assault with a firearm in Miami Beach led police to the seizure of nearly a dozen firearms, including rifles, ammunition, and body armor at a home in West Park.

Authorities said they found the arsenal On July 15, as they served a warrant for Risson Beaubrun, 27, at his address in the 100 block of Newton Road.

Detectives said they recovered 11 firearms, including rifles and handguns, a large amount of various caliber bullets, multiple high capacity magazines, ballistic vests with rifle plates and a trafficking amount of Oxycodone in plain view.

Several individuals were taken into custody at the residence and face charges that include possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, trafficking oxycodone, carrying a concealed weapon and carrying a prohibited weapon.

Police said that one of the people taken into custody had been convicted of murder in Miami-Dade.

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