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Duo From MA Caught Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Across State Lines: Sheriff Duo From MA Caught Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Across State Lines: Sheriff
Duo From MA Caught Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Across State Lines: Sheriff Two Massachusetts men are facing major drug charges after authorities say they were caught transporting cocaine and oxycodone through Putnam County, authorities announced. The arrests were made on Wednesday, April 9 around 6:40 p.m., when deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit pulled over a vehicle in the Town of Southeast, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, April 25.  During the stop, deputies discovered that the vehicle’s occupants, identified as Joshua Rosario-Pabon, 22, of Holyoke, and Christopher Colon-Diaz, 25, of Springfield, ha…
Western Mass Man Gave Woman Laced Drugs Leading To Her Overdose: DA Western Mass Man Gave Woman Laced Drugs Leading To Her Overdose: DA
Western Mass Man Gave Woman Laced Drugs Leading To Her Overdose: DA A Westfield man is accused of causing a woman's death after he sold her a drug stronger than fentanyl, but told her it was far less harmful, authorities said.  Christopher Halla, 42, is charged with manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the death of a 57-year-old South Hadley woman in May, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  Investigators allege the woman tried to buy oxycodone from Halla, but he gave her a pill laced with metonitazene, a synthetic opioid far more potent than fentanyl. Fentanyl is the leading cause of the opioid overdose epidemi…
Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized
Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized Nearly 35 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine-laced fake Adderall and Xanax pills were found during a state police bust of a drug lab in Whitman. Andrew Billings, 39, of Plymouth, was arrested on Dec. 21, 2023, at his workplace, while the makeshift lab and his SUV on Essex Street in Whitman were searched by state police. Troopers found large amounts of white powder, thousands of counterfeit prescription pills, a pharmaceutical-grade pill press, and related drug paraphernalia, police said. “The property was so badly contaminated with strewn drug material, that Troopers evacuated the addr…
Pittsfield Man Sentenced For Multi-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Pittsfield Man Sentenced For Multi-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Pittsfield Man Sentenced For Multi-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy A 54-year-old man from Western Massachusetts was sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Berkshire County resident Edward Chapman, of Pittsfield, was sentenced on Thursday, March 10, to 11 years in prison and eight years of supervised release, according to an announcement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. In March of 2020, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, cocaine, cocaine base, oxycodone, and …
Man Sentenced For Selling Oxycodone From CT Grocery Store Man Sentenced For Selling Oxycodone From CT Grocery Store
Man Sentenced For Selling Oxycodone From CT Grocery Store A business owner in Connecticut known as “Ka-King” will spend years behind bars after being busted selling oxycodone out of his grocery store. Eliezer Perez, age 42, of Hartford, was sentenced to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone in May. Acting US Attorney Leonard Boyle said that in the summer of 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration New Haven Tactical Diversion Squad and the New Britain Police Department began investigating individuals who were selling…
48 Hours: Mountain Of Drugs Seized, High-Quantity Dealers Arrested 48 Hours: Mountain Of Drugs Seized, High-Quantity Dealers Arrested
48 Hours: Mountain Of Drugs Seized, High-Quantity Dealers Arrested Over 48 hours police seized a mountain of drugs and arrested two "high-volume" drug dealers in a string of busts expected to help bring down the region's illegal narcotics network. Last week, law enforcement agencies put into action a plan to bring down two “highly organized, high-volume” drug trafficking organizations in Massachusetts, police said. More than 6 kilograms of fentanyl were confiscated in the associated raids.  The busts took place from Thursday, Aug. 27 through Saturday, Aug. 29, police said. The activities are expected to have a ripple effect throughout the state and ne…