Haverhill police arrested two young adults yesterday and charged them with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, conspiracy and a school zone violation. The arrests came about as a result of a raid on the defendant’s apartment that was authorized by a search warrant. It is alleged that…
Ariel Lara Aguasviva of Jamaica Plain and his cousin Jorge Luis Ortiz Lara were charged with distributing heroin. The case is currently pending in the East Boston District Court. The prosecution alleged that an informant made a controlled purchase of heroin from the defendants. After doing so undercover officers descended on…
A joint task force comprised of the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Medford, Massachusetts Police and the Middlesex County PACT Unit executed a search warrant at a Medford man’s home this past Monday. Officers found and seized a total of nine kilograms of cocaine. Seven were located in the…
The defendant was convicted in the Superior Court for possession with the intent to distribute PCP and for violating the Massachusetts School Zone statute. He appealed his conviction on the grounds that the prosecution’s late disclosure of exculpatory evidence deprived him of his right to a fair trial. At the…
After a jury waived trial the defendant was convicted of two counts of cocaine trafficking in the Superior Court. He appealed his conviction claiming that his waiver of his right to a jury trial was not effective in that he never signed the waiver form. G.L. c. 263 sec. 6…