Please enter valid email address to continue. "The message here is clear," said Boston Police Commissioner William Evans at the press conference Thursday. "They were kilo-weight suppliers at the top of the domestic supply chain. "But as the Chief Justice of our Supreme Judicial Court has noted in a couple of recent decisions, they could be every bit as valuable in solving murders and other violent crimes if the legislature took the minor steps necessary to bring the statute out of the 1960s and into the 20th century," he said. Police pry open, search and tow car from scene in Everett. In Southie, crime has fallen 12 percent. The MSP and Brockton Police joined up in early May to combat a growing open-air drug market in the city by first conducting street-level drug buys to make their way up to mid-level local. We allege the defendants participated in a large-scale drug ring that was prepared to distribute tens of thousands of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine in addition to the counterfeit Adderall pills and counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl that they were actually distributing into neighborhoods on the North Shore.. BOSTON, MA A city worker was among more than two dozen from the Boston and Brockton area arrested this week on drug and weapons charge, the US Attorney announced Thursday. Victor Oliveira, 19, of Brockton was charged with trafficking in 18g or more of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and conspiracy to violate the drug laws. While executing federal search warrants Tuesday morning, investigators found a pill press hidden under a sheet in a basement laundry room, plastic bags containing three to four kilograms of suspected powdered fentanyl in several colors, several suspected counterfeit Adderall and oxycodone pills and a firearm. News Sport Finance Massachusetts is in the midst of a devastating opioid crisis as deaths from deadly fake pills soar. Ten firearms and five-and-a-half kilos of drugs were seized in raids that took place in Boston, Dedham, Quincy, and Braintree, and focused on members of the Mozart Street Gang. Even fewer have managed to escape death or life-long prison . Landshark investigated and targeted "impact players" and repeat offenders in Brockton and Boston, each who have prior convictions for acts of violence, firearm offenses or drug trafficking, according to a DOJ release. The superseding indictment brings similar drug trafficking charges. Police in Melrose, Lowell, Lynn, Beverly, Billerica, Everett, Peabody, Revere, Salem, Saugus and Swampscott all assisted in the investigation. Some of those targeted in the operation are still being sought. All Rights Reserved. There has been some opioid problems here, he said. Matthew Scharf moved to Southie from Philadelphia two months ago. Anthony Boston, 41 felony charges of possession of a controlled . Bill would see benefits restored by Seth Moulton bill, Denver gang member gave 14-year-old permission to open fire on woman with AR-15 after fender-bender, DA alleges, In 4 years, Lori Lightfoot went from breakout political star to divisive mayor of a Chicago beset by pandemic and crime, Florida lawmakers to consider expansion of so-called dont say gay law, Drone crashes at Disneyland after hovering over visitors heads See video, Rapper Travis Scott wanted for assaulting Manhattan club sound engineer, destroying $12K in equipment. Springfield police find 30 pounds of cocaine, nearly 14,000 fentanyl pills in gang drug bust One person was arrested. Boston; Massachusetts drug bust yields 300 grams of fentanyl, kilogram of cocaine and $82,000 cash. Investigators were seen going in and out of the building for several hours, with a K-9 unit searching the area and a State Police helicopter circling above. Published: Jun. Police said they found Maxwell with 450 grams of meth, and Hamill with 85 grams of the drug that authorities say is increasingly a problem in the Boston area. First published on August 13, 2022 / 10:38 AM. Little Rock, Arkansas. BREAKING: Top Boston Finance Director Freda Brasfield indicted, charged w/money laundering in alleged scheme to get synthetic drugs into state prison system. Few drug dealers have ever had the same level of connections, charisma, and influence as American drug smuggler George Jung. . Dozens of people were arrested Tuesday morning in a massive drug sweep in Brockton, Massachusetts, state and local officials said. BOSTON - Twenty-four members and associates of Boston-based street gangs have been charged in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking cocaine in a Brighton housing development and separately operating a large-scale drug trafficking organization. The practice of disguising fentanyl and other dangerous drugs as prescription medication is especially nefarious for the dangers it poses to unsuspecting users and the new addictions it fuels, Col. Christopher Mason, superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, said in the release. Terms | According to records on file at Woburn Superior Court, a grand jury indicted Freda Brasfield on Dec. 15, 2022. 4.5 million fentanyl pills, 3,000 pounds of meth seized during joint drug bust. Tavares was held on $10,000 bail and is due back in Stoughton District Court on Jan. 19 for a probable cause hearing. Tyrone Smith, also called Ty, 31, of Brockton for distribution of cocaine base, Tavon Robinson, also called "Smooth," 39, of Boston for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of heroin and fentanyl. Joseph. 23 arrested, 74,000 pills confiscated in massive North Shore drug raid Authorities also seized a pill press and bags with about three to four kilograms of suspected powdered fentanyl. HARTFORD, C.T. 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Alexander Munoz-Gomez, 23, of Brockton was charged with trafficking 100 mg or more of cocaine and conspiracy to violate the drug laws. How we protect you from Misleading advertising and communications, Big Changes In Store For Mass Pike, Route 2 Under New Federal Grant, Snow Expected, Winter Weather Advisory Issued In Eastern MA: NWS, Free 5-Day Email Course: MA Wills and Living Trusts, Free Online Mindfulness Session: Taming the Overactive Mind, Local Meal Service Feast & Fettle, Now Serving Boston. Authorities allege Fred Brasfield used a mobile banking app to move money that was used during a seizure of drug-laced sheets in Boston on Jan. 27, 2022. I expect to get something from them in the next few days or so explaining what happened.. Part of the drug and weapons investigation pic.twitter.com/X6dGiTgBqs. (Copyright (c) 2022 Sunbeam Television. The New England Fentanyl Strike Force, established by the state attorney generals office, is made up of State Police units and the Brockton and Weymouth police departments. Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News, How to register your school/organization for closings and delays, Weather Blog: Morning Rain Today, Messy Weekend Start, Healeys First Budget Themes: Spending Increases, Tax Relief, Brockton students rally for better school cafeteria options, Crash involving MBTA bus draws emergency response in Nubian Square, Inspector General pushes Boston schools to increase oversight of school buses, Local organizations expect increase in need as pandemic SNAP benefits expire. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. One of the locations raided Thursday morning was a brick building on Revere Beach Parkway in Everett. This investigation was brought about by the DOJ's "Project Safe Neighborhood Initiative" to reduce violent crime. Prosecutors allege the smuggling scheme stretches back to January 2021 and that it involved a conspiracy to smuggle synthetic cannabinoids known as K2 and Spice into MCI Shirley. In addition, cops found three industrial-sized pill press machines, multiple sealed and labeled US priority-mail envelopes containing various amounts of pills and assorted packaging materials., The DAs office said the defendants admitted to police their involvement in fentanyl distribution and said that they would spend hours each day locked in the apartment manufacturing, packaging and mailing the fentanyl in pill form.. Follow Boston.com on Instagram (Opens in a New Tab), Follow Boston.com on Twitter (Opens in a New Tab), Like Boston.com on Facebook (Opens in a New Tab). WHDH broadcast educational and informational programming for children, and file quarterly reports with the FCC detailing the station's outreach to children. Updated: Aug. 17, 2018 at 10:55 AM PDT BOSTON HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) - Eight people were indicted in a meth and cocaine bust considered to be the largest seizure in Ohio history. BOSTON, MA A city worker was among more than two dozen from the Boston and Brockton area arrested this week on drug and weapons charge, the US Attorney announced Thursday. Boston Herald. -John Murphy is arraigned at South Boston District Court on drug trafficking charges. BOSTON (WHDH) - Twenty-three people have been charged in connection with a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization that allegedly manufactured and distributed 74,000 fake prescription. In Chelsea District Court, Elizaul Landestoy Sanchez, 34, of Revere, is charged with counts relating to dealing cocaine and fentanyl. Federal Indictment Names 14 Defendants in Drug-Distribution Conspiracy Coordinated from Inside a Georgia Prison Drug Enforcement Administration Robert J. Murphy, Jr. Special Agent in Charge Atlanta @DEAAtlantaDiv July 13, 2022 Contact: SA Crystal Harper Phone Number: (571) 362-3433 For Immediate Release The Commonwealth alleges that the defendants at MCI Shirley are a coordinated group of individuals who contact co-conspirators to purchase the cannabinoid-laced papers from a single dealer.. Boston Police wrote in court documents that their squad that works with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency began to eye the pair and the Seaport apartment at 399 Congress St. after an. All Rights Reserved. Law enforcement were still hoping to arrest at least one more person, David Medina of Everett, who they said fled to New York. Others involved included Nelson Mora, Javier Bello and Anthony Bryson, who acted as intermediaries. All of those arrested Thursday morning were charged with conspiracy to traffick heroin and fentanyl. Hee Haw actor David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife are found shot to death in their home. Kevin Tavares, 25, of Brockton was charged with trafficking 18g or more of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and conspiracy to violate the drug laws. A 24-year-old Alton woman faces a contempt of court charge, according to South Boston Police Department records. Please enter valid email address to continue. BOSTON (WHDH) - Twenty-three people have been charged in connection with a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization that allegedly manufactured and distributed 74,000 fake prescription pills containing deadly narcotics, according to U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins. Pina was held on $1,000 bail and is due back in Stoughton District Court for a probable cause hearing. Former Suffolk County prosecutor weighs in on charges against Boston Mayors finance director. Gary Jamal Webster also known as Jamal, 35 of Boston, for conspiracy to distribute and process with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. BOSTON (AP) Eighteen people are facing charges in connection with that federal prosecutors call a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack, and cocaine trafficking ring, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Boston. Local and state authorities executed search warrants at six narcotics stash houses in Brockton, Stoughton, and Fall River on Tuesday, according to a statement from Healeys office. Rollins added that many of these drugs were (d)isguised to look like your average prescriptions from the pharmacy, but contained substances including fentanyl, which is 100 times more potent than morphine. Lawrence Michael Nagle, a/k/a Mikey, 32, of Saugus; Christopher Nagle, a/k/a Cuda, 28, of Revere; Nelson Mora, a/k/a Nellie, 29, of Lynn; Javier Bello, a/k/a Javi, 27, of Beverly; David Muise, a/k/a Pinky, 35, of Swampscott; Lawrence M. Nagle Sr., a/k/a Michael L. Nagle, a/k/a Tony Dias, 54, of Lynn; Kion Shepherd, a/k/a Kilo, 31, of Salem; Erick Solis Lopez, a/k/a Wichy, 24, of Salem. The police also confiscated $1,800 in what they suspect is counterfeit money, plus $47,772 of apparent real cash, the report states. All Rights Reserved. Pires was held on $25,000 bail and is due back in Stoughton District Court on Jan. 19 for a probably cause hearing. PUBLISHED: December 6, 2022 at 4:48 p.m. | UPDATED: December 6, 2022 at 8:36 p.m. LOWELL Authorities have arrested 21 people in connection with a large illegal drug and firearm bust in. My wife lives here, we have friends, single females this is pretty unacceptable.. K2 and Spice are liquid drugs that are sprayed onto papers that are smuggled into the prison, often disguised as letters and legal mail. According to the press release at least nine residents of Brockton, a resident of Taunton, a South Boston resident, and several Boston residents were charged including: Those charged with federal drug distribution face up to 20 years in prison, at least three years of supervised release and a $1 million fine. 4 arrested in 'large' drug busts in Boston, Revere, DA says. Haverhill man arrested for allegedly trafficking tens of thousands of fentanyl pills, Three men convicted for violent kidnapping, drug trafficking in R.I. and on Cape. ), WHDH TV 7NEWS WLVI TV CW56 Police said everyone involved lives together on Page Street in Dorchester. BPD officers and federal DEA agents armed with a warrant on Thursday busted down the door to Hamills apartment at 50 W. Broadway, a pricey new apartment building. The November 2019 indictment charged the defendants with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, 100 grams or more of heroin, and 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. 18, 2021, 8:03 a.m. A drug bust in Brockton this week turned up a handgun . Early this morning under the cover of darkness, Federal, State and local authorities gathered throughout the Greater Boston Area in preparation for the swift and simultaneous executions of 19 arrest warrants aimed at crippling one of the most terrifyingly violent street gangs in Boston. The DOJ said many of the people targeted in this operation are considered the top 30 criminal offenders responsible for violent acts and firearms in Brockton. According to court documents, the drugs are sprayed onto 8 x 11 sheets, which are cut down into one-inch squares and sold in prison for $400 each. Conley called for the expansion of the wiretap statute, adding that, according to Massachusetts law, wiretaps are only granted in investigations dealing with organized, hierarchal crime organizations. During the course of the investigations officers bought or seized 15 guns and bought or seized fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base. pic.twitter.com/6Isqidq60q. These charges are an important step in slowing and ending the near constant stream of illegal drugs flowing into our communities, said Rollins. Published: Feb. 8, 2006 at 10:46 PM EST | Updated: Feb. 13, 2006 at 11:46 PM EST Two years of investigation paid off for the Metro Narcotic Task Force Tuesday Raul Andrade, 20, of Brockton was charged with trafficking 18g or more of cocaine and conspiracy to violate the drug laws. Dossantos, Alves, Alexander Munoz-Gomez, and Orlando Munoz-Gomez were each held without bail pending dangerousness hearings. 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