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The incident unfolded around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June on Route 91 when Massachusetts State Trooper Anthony Lavigne Trooper pulled over a blue Ford Fusion in Greenfield.
While speaking with the driver, Sara Moses, age 40, of Vernon, Vermont, who said she didn't have her driver's license, Lavigne saw a glass pipe with burnt residue at the end and other drug paraphernalia in the door pocket.
He also noticed that the passenger, Tyonne Pierce, age 29, of East Hartford, Connecticut, kept reaching between his leg and the door.
Troopers Robert Berrena and Matthew McBride arrived on the scene, Lavigne placed Moses in handcuffs, they found a switchblade knife in his waistband.
A search of the two found Moses was in possession of a white chunky substance believed to be crack cocaine.
A search of the vehicle revealed a black digital scale covered in a white powdery substance and the glass pipe in the driver’s side door.
In the trunk, the troopers found a small backpack containing 500 individually packaged wax bags stamped “JACKPOT” containing a white powdery substance believed to be 14.6 grams of fentanyl, state police said.
Inside the bag, they found an Arizona Tea Can capable to be screwed in half in order to disguise items. Inside the can was over 50 grams of crack cocaine, additional packaging bags, and rubber bands.
Both were arrested and charged with:
Moses:
- Trafficking in fentanyl;
- Trafficking in cocaine;
- Conspiracy to violate drug law;
- Unlicensed operation of a vehicle;
- Speeding; and
- Lights violation.
Pierce:
- Trafficking in fentanyl;
- Trafficking in cocaine;
- Conspiracy to violate drug law; and
- Carrying a dangerous weapon.
Both were held for arraignment.
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