A 70 year-old Winthrop man who was arrested this week for driving around the city with illegal an assault weapon and accessories has to surrender all of his firearms under an order from a Dorchester Municipal Court judge. Stephen J. White was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon near Edward Everett Square after Boston Police say they observed a 29 year-old Winthrop woman — who was riding in his Ford Explorer— buy heroin inside the KFC restaurant just after 1 p.m. on Columbia Road.

Boston Police say that White — who was also packing a handgun on his person as he drove through the city— was ferrying an arsenal of heavier weaponry, including an AR-15 style assault rifle — which is banned in Massachusetts— and a "large-capacity feeding device" along with 350 rounds of ammo.

Prosecutors asked for $50,000 cash bail during White's arraignment on Wednesday. Judge Serge Georges imposed $7,500 cash bail— and ordered that Whiute immediately turn over all of his firearms to the Winthrop Police Department. The woman he was with at the time of the BPD stop was not held on bail but will face heroin possession charges. White is due back in court on May 3, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley's office.

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans had this to say about the arrest: "There is no need for any citizen in the city of Boston to be carrying high powered weapons of this kind, and there are just too many of these guns out there. My greatest concern is the safety of our residents and neighborhoods, and my officers and I will continue to do our part to keep high capacity firearms and assault rifles off the streets of Boston and out of the wrong hands.”