Around 3:00 a.m. Monday Lynn, Massachusetts police responded to a call for an Assault. The victim reported that her child’s father, Anthony Gainey knocked on her door. When she answered he pushed the door open, entered the apartment and threw her into a wall. Once she fought back Gainey pulled…
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West Roxbury Man Arrested For Trafficking, Distribution Of Heroin And School Zone Violation In Quincy
Quincy drug unit detectives arrested Javier Vargas two days ago after he was observed engaged in a drug deal with another Massachusetts man. The location of the deal was the Crown Colony officer park, an area that has recently seen an increase in Drug Distribution activity. According to reports in…
Peabody Bus Driver Charged With Trafficking Heroin, Oxycontin Released On Bail
Linda Ricciardelli is forty three years old. She is a bus driver. She has been charged with Trafficking Heroin and Trafficking Oxycontin. She is also facing Gun Charges in the Lynn District Court stemming from the same investigation. According to the Salem News an investigation started after Ricciardelli’s neighbors made…
Bridgewater Man Charged In Lynn With Domestic Assault On Ex Girlfriend
Michael Holyoke of Bridgewater, Massachusetts is facing several charges involving an alleged incident of Domestic Violence against his former girlfriend. The Lynn Item reports that the woman’s neighbor contacted police after hearing a man and woman fighting with one another. The woman also asked the neighbor for help. When the…
Fall River Couple Arrested, Charged With Trafficking Oxycodone
This past Wednesday around noon members of the Bristol County Massachusetts State Police Drug Unit executed a search warrant at a third floor apartment in Fall River. During the course of the raid officers found more than five thousand Oxycodone and Suboxone pills. This was the culmination of a two…
Peabody Man Looking At 15 Years For 2005 Drug Trafficking Arrest
Juan Mojica used to live in Peabody, Massachusetts. In February of 2005 he was arrested after engaging in a drug deal with a confidential informant. The Lynn Item reports that after the deal was consummated police moved in on Mojica as he was leaving his home. The home was searched.…
Massachusetts Woman Caught Smuggling Drugs Into Prison Charged With Possession With Intent To Distribute Class A, Class B
On December 17, 2009 Darlene Walker of Fitchburg was caught with two bags of heroin and three bags of cocaine secreted in her underwear. It is alleged that she intended to give the drugs to an inmate whom she intended to visit. Walker told authorities that she was being blackmailed…
Massachusetts Appeals Court Affirms Suppression Of Illegally Obtained Evidence
In Commonwealth v. Dwayne Williams, decided earlier today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the decision of a district court judge suppressing unlawfully obtained evidence. The facts in Williams are as follows: A Boston Police Officer responded to a call stating that a man (the defendant) had been stabbed and was…
Police Raid Home In Haverhill, Charge Two With Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin, School Zone Violation
Last Friday night Haverhill police executed a Search Warrant at a home in on Cedar Street. They found five occupants, three with hypodermic needles and two others allegedly in the Heroin Distribution business. The interior of the home was described as disgusting and atrocious. It was in complete disarray. Also…
Massachusetts Police Officer Suspected Of Evidence Theft Fails Lie Detector Test
The Lowell Sun reports that nearly seven years ago a significant amount of drug evidenced was stolen from the Dracut Police evidence storage facility. In total about eighty thousand dollars or marijuana was taken from the locked trailer. The officer took the test on December 15, 2009. The results were…