Four males have been arraigned in separate Mass and Cass-area drug trafficking circumstances this month in what the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office is looking a “crackdown” within the space and different Boston neighborhoods.
“These are not low-level offenses that should be dealt with leniently,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden stated in a press release. “These are dangerous activities that degrade our neighborhoods, burden our public safety and health agencies, and contribute to the alarmingly high rate of opioid overdoses we’re seeing in Boston and across the state.”
Jose Martinez, 27, of Everett, was arraigned on Tuesday on trafficking cocaine and unlawful possession of ammunition prices following a Boston police search of his automobile and house in Dorchester. Bail was set at $10,000.
His prices observe a string of comparable circumstances beginning with Rafael Escalera, 60, of Mattapan, who was charged with trafficking fentanyl, distribution of a Class A substance and resisting arrest. In Roxbury court docket, the decide set bail at $10,000 and ordered that Escalara avoid Mass and Cass. Boston Police say they discovered 18 grams of fentanyl on him after they searched him on Southampton Street.
Steven Hixon, 32, of Framingham, additionally faces a trafficking fentanyl cost, together with distribution of a Class B substance and possession with intent to distribute the substance. Hixon was arraigned in Roxbury, the place the decide set $5,000 bail and ordered him to avoid Mass and Cass. Police allegedly discovered 20 grams of fentanyl and two luggage of methamphetamine on Hixon after they searched him round Andrew Square.
Finally, Jasper Bing, 56, of Jamaica Plain, was arraigned in Dorchester on prices of distribution of a Class B substance as a subsequent offense, possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance as a subsequent offense, possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest. The decide set $500 money bail and ordered Bing to avoid the Dunkin’ on Dorchester Avenue.
In a press release, the Suffolk DA’s Office stated the arrests have been a part of a “crackdown on drug dealing” at Mass and Cass and different Boston neighborhoods. The DA’s Office didn’t return a request for particulars and size of this crackdown by press time.
Boston Police spokesman Sgt. Detective John Boyle stated the division had not been growing its patrols within the Mass and Cass space however does “continue to concentrate on that area” with a number of models.
Boyle stated these arrests had nothing to do with the signed letter the Herald reported on that known as for a city-wide drug warrant sweep. All of those arrests occurred forward of that letter.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”