HN VIDEO: Husband and wife charged with trafficking Fentanyl…...

HYANNIS – As you will see in the following HN Video, yesterday, on February 14, 2018 at approximately 9:00AM, YPD Drug Enforcement Detective Scott Lundegren, with assistance from his department and the BPD, executed a search warrant at 230 Gosnold Street Unit M8.

After securing John Benevides and his wife (identified as Ashley Benevides (Boucher), a search was conducted at their residence.

Officers recovered several knotted baggies containing an off white powder (Fentanyl) along with various pills.

Officers also recovered two bags containing a white powder (cocaine), along with plastic baggies, multiple digital scales, and US Currency.

List of items seized during search:

Fentanyl
Cocaine
Crack Cocaine
Suboxone Oral Film
Pills – Clonazepam
Pills – Xanax
Pills – Oxycodone
Boxed Sandwich Baggies
Digital Scale
Cash / US Currency $1,353.00
Video Surveillance System
Scale Weights
Cell Phones

John Benevides and Ashley were placed under arrest and transported to Yarmouth Police Department Headquarters where both were booked and processed.

The Bail Commissioner set bail at $30,000 on Mr. Benevides — who happened to be out on bail pending trial for a previous Yarmouth Police Department Fentanyl trafficking arrest — and $20,000 on Mrs. Benevides.

Both were held overnight and transported to the Barnstable District Court this morning for arraignment.

Arrest: JOHN MICHAEL BENEVIDES
Address: 230 GOSNOLD ST Apt. #8M HYANNIS, MA
Age: 35

Charges:

TRAFFICKING FENTANYL – 10 GRAMS OR MORE
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS B (COCAINE)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS B (CRACK COCAINE)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS B (SUBOXONE)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS B (OXYCODONE)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS C (CLONAZEPAM)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS E (XANAX)
CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE MASSACHUSETTS DRUG LAWS

Arrest: ASHLEY MARIE BENEVIDES
Address: 230 GOSNOLD ST Apt. #8M HYANNIS, MA
Age: 29

Charges:

TRAFFICKING FENTANYL – 10 GRAMS OR MORE
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS B (COCAINE)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS B (CRACK COCAINE)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS B (SUBOXONE)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS B (OXYCODONE)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS C (CLONAZAPAM)
DRUG, POSSESS TO DISTRIB CLASS E (XANAX)
CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE MASSACHUSETTS DRUG LAWS

The following HN Video highlights the scene yesterday on Gosnold Street…

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