Karen Morla Ramos is from the Domincan Republic. She was flying on JetBlue and questioned at a border checkpoint. Law Enforcement officers became concerned about the candor of her responses and conducted a pat down search. They found Ramos concealing cocaine in something resembling a diaper. The amount of cocaine…
Jason Cavooto was arrested in December of 2010 after a Search Warrant was executed at his home in Marlborough, Massachusetts. During the search the police found a methamphetamine lab in a shed on Cavooto’s property. They also located a loaded Firearm in his house. It is alleged that Cavooto had…
According to a report in the Boston Globe heroin is the most popular drug being sold on the streets north of Boston. Over four hundred fifty thousand “units” of Heroin were seized in that area last year. Cocaine was the second largest seller followed by Marijuana, Percocets and OxyContin. Heroin…
Just under a month ago police from Lawrence and Methuen Massachusetts along with the FBI started an investigation after an FBI informant made a significant disclosure to authorities. Supposedly, Tony Diaz was offering free drugs to the informant. In return Diaz expected the man to kill someone who had been…
Members of the Seekonk, Massachusetts Police Department executed a Search Warrant at 79 Back Street last Thursday. As a result, five people were arrested and charged with various Drug Offenses. Specifically, according to EastBayRI.com charges of Possession With Intent to Distribute Class D and Conspiracy to Violate the Controlled Substances…
Late last week a Massachusetts State Police Officer was on patrol on Route 138 in Raynham. At around 1:00 p.m. he observed a car following a pick up truck too closely, a violation of 720 Code of Massachusetts Regulation (CMR) 9.06(7). The trooper stopped the car and immediately smelled marijuana.…
Massachusetts Rule of Criminal Procedure 7(a)(2) allows a defendant who has been summonsed for arraignment and who has retained a lawyer to be excused from appearing at his or her arraignment. To avail oneself of this rule the attorney must enter an appearance prior to the return date and state…
Acting on a tip police officers from Beverly, Danvers and Ipswich, Massachusetts looked into some suspected drug activity in Rowley, a small Boston suburb. The information they had directed them to a particular vehicle on Leslie Road. As the investigation progressed officers noticed another vehicle driving past Leslie Road on…
On October 18, 2010 Lynn Police officers responded to a report that someone was Selling Heroin at an apartment. They arrived to find a strong odor of marijuana and Modesto Cruz in the hallway of an apartment on Broad Street. Cruz saw the police and fled. He was caught. During…
Framingham Police were called just before 5:00 a.m. about a fight on Essex Street. They arrived to find a woman bleeding from her head. After offering an excuse for her condition the woman changed her story. She accused Michael Young, her boyfriend of assaulting her after finding her out with…