STREET SWEEP: Police round up alleged predatory drug dealers that victimized homeless…
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~ MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE DETECTIVES, CAPE AND ISLANDS
~ CAPE COD DRUG TASK FORCE
~ BARNSTABLE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY IMPACT UNIT
~ BARNSABLE POLICE DEPARTMENT STREEET CTIME UNIT
~ BOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Recently, officers of the Barnstable Police Department Community Impact Unit received numerous complaints from members of the homeless community regarding predatory drug dealers victimizing homeless people. According to the complaints, these street level drug dealers were taking advantage of the vulnerability of members of the homeless population by using aggressive tactics to convince homeless people, many of whom are in drug addiction recovery, to purchase illegal drugs.
As a result of these complaints, the Community Impact Unit initiated an investigation that included the Barnstable Police Departments Street Crime Unit, and The Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Office of Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe. This investigation identified a number of individuals who were involved in illegal street level sales of illegal narcotics.
During the investigation, undercover police officers engaged in purchases of illegal narcotics from a number of individuals.
During this time, members of the Bourne Police Department responded to complaints regarding illegal narcotics activity in the Buzzards Bay area. The Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit and the Cape Cod Drug Task Force joined the investigation.
This investigation resulted in a number of undercover drug purchases by officers.
On July 22, 2015 officers obtained 19 individual arrest warrants for violations of the controlled substance act.
On July 23, 2015, officers from the Barnstable Police, the Massachusetts State Police, Bourne Police, Brewster Police, Chatham Police, Mashpee Police, Plymouth Police, Sandwich Police, Yarmouth Police and the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office assembled at the Barnstable Police Department where a command post was established for the operation. Two additional briefings were simultaneously conducted at both the Yarmouth and Bourne Police Departments. At the completion of the briefings arrest teams were sent out to execute the arrest warrants.
Of the nineteen arrest warrants, twelve (12) individuals were arrested, five (5) individuals were found to be incarcerated on separate charges and two (2) individuals were outstanding at the time of this report.
The following is a list of seven (7) individuals who were arrested and booked at the Barnstable Police Department and arraigned in the Barnstable District Court:
1) Chelsea Savoie, 164 Winter Street, Hyannis, arrested on Winter Street, Barnstable, Ma
Charges: 1) Distribution Class A Heroin 94C/32A 2) Conspiracy to violate CSA 94C/40
2) Manesha Mendes, 57 Woodland Ave, Hyannis, arrested on Oak neck Road, Hyannis, Ma
Charges: 1) Distribution Class A Heroin 94C/32A 2) Conspiracy to violate CSA 94C/40
3) Jana Grauer, 57 Spring Street, Hyannis, arrested in Yarmouth, Ma
Charges: Distribution Class A controlled Substance 94C/32A
4) Kevin McGill, 77 Winter Street, Hyannis, arrested on North Street, Hyannis, Ma
Charges: 1) Distribution Class B crack cocaine 94C/32B 2) Conspiracy to violate CSA 94C/40
5) Kimberlie Montanez, 77 Winter Street, Hyannis, arrested on Stevens Street, Hyannis
Charges: 1) Distribution Class A Heroin 94C/32A
6) Jason Dilleree, 77 Winter Street, Hyannis, arrested on Yarmouth Road, Hyannis, MA
Charges: Distribution Counterfeit Substance 94C/32G
7) Paige Burkley, 48 Pontiac Street, Hyannis, arrested on Pontiac Street, Hyannis, Ma.
Charges: 1) Distribution of a Counterfeit Substance 94C/32G
The following is a list of three (3) individuals arrested and booked at the Yarmouth Police Department and arraigned in the Orleans and Barnstable District Courts:
1) Angelina Nickerson, Arrested on Buck Island Road, Yarmouth, Ma.
Charges: 1) Distribution Class A heroin 94C/32A (3 counts) 2) Conspiracy to violate CSA (2 counts)
Court: Barnstable District
2) Travis Festog, Arrested on Souwest Drive, Dennis Ma
Charges: 1) Distribution Class A Heroin 94C/40 2) Conspiracy to violate CSA 94C/40
Court: Barnstable District
3) Jeana Ridlon, Arrested on Main Street, Harwich, MA.
Charges: 1) Distribution Class A Heroin 94C/32A 2) Conspiracy to Violate CSA 94C/40
Court: Orleans
The following is a list of two (2) individuals booked at the Bourne Police Department and arraigned in the Falmouth District Court:
1. Kevin Dowling, Arrested on Chapel Hill Drive, Plymouth, MA
Charges: a) Distribution Class A heroin 94C/32A b) Conspiracy to Violate CSA 94C/40
2. Julie Graham, Arrested in Wareham, Ma
Charges: 1) Distribution Class A Heroin (2 Counts) 94C/32A 2) Conspiracy to Violate CSA 94C/40
7/23/2015
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