Many people applauded when the legislature “decriminalized” the offense of possession of marijuana that is one ounce or less. The new section changes possession of an ounce or less of marijuana from a criminal offense to a civil infraction and an offender receives a civil citation. For adults, this offense…
The Lawrence Eagle Tribune reported that local police detectives received information from a concerned citizen that a drug deal was underway near a neighborhood convenience store. After receiving the call the police surveilled the store. They observed a car pull up, the driver get out and approach another vehicle. Officers…
Julio Castillo and Johnston Jones are twenty four and twenty one years old respectively. They lived together on Prince Street in Salem, Massachusetts until their arrest this week. Now both are charged with Trafficking Heroin and a Drug Violation in a School Zone. Bail for Castillo is ten thousand dollars…
In July of this year Richard Cushnie was arrested in by members of the Massachusetts State Police. He was charged with Trafficking Marijuana after police found more than one hundred fifty pounds in his truck. The estimated street value of the drug is about three hundred thousand dollars. Apparently the…
Joshua Medeiros and Kimberly Vasconcellos had been watched by police for several months after neighbors complained about suspicious activity at their Somerset, Massachusetts home. The officers set up surveillance and confirmed the neighbor’s complaints. They observed a pattern of cars pulling up to the home, someone entering the home and…
Shortly before eight o’clock yesterday morning police arrested Fausto Garcia was arrested at his home in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Then, police obtained a warrant to search his home. They searched the premises and found one hundred forty grams of cocaine and more than twenty grams of heroin. Both quantities are sufficient…
Devin Joseph Sheehan-Powers of Boston was indicted by an Essex County Grand Jury last week following his arrest for a July 15, 2009 incident. According to reports Sheehan-Powers was observed by Lynn Police chasing down a disabled man while brandishing a knife. Law enforcement officers saw Sheehan-Powers then punch the…
This past Friday, after a four month investigation Joan Alberto Brea was arrested and charged with Trafficking Heroin, a School Zone Violation, and several Motor Vehicle Crimes. Brea, whose true identity has not been established is being held without bail. The investigation centered on drug dealing activities in the Mansfield…
Police in Quincy, Massachusetts were surveilling a parking lot at a supermarket this past Tuesday night. They saw two men arrive in a car and make a cell phone call. No one got out of the car. The car then left and went to a nearby Burger King. The police…
Haverhill, Massachusetts police along with other local law enforcement agencies arrested five people for drug dealing activities near the 99 Restaurant in Haverhill yesterday late afternoon. It was reported that Christen Agnew, Robert Condon, Julie Gill, Tina Brady and Alex Hernandez were all arrested. Agnew and Condon have been charged…