Law & Justice firegeezer on 14 Jun 2008 02:48 pm
Massachusetts FF Nabbed Dealing Drugs
A BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, FIREFIGHTER WAS CHARGED this week with distribution of a Class B substance, conspiracy to violate drug laws, and possession of a Class B substance. He will be arraigned on Wednesday. David Richardson, 32, has been placed on unpaid leave by the fire department.
The offenses took place last month and were observed by an undercover police officer. The Boston Globe reports:
Narcotics officer Paul J. Glejzer was conducting surveillance May 15 on Winn Street when he spotted a man loitering in a vehicle in a Dunkin’ Donuts lot. Glejzer checked the plates and learned that they were revoked and had been registered to a different car, according to his report.
Glejzer and another officer watched as the driver - later identified as Robert W. Bradley of Woburn - spoke into a cellphone, then drove across to the lot of a tanning salon, where Richardson pulled in from another entrance and motioned for Bradley to follow him, police said.
The officers immediately recognized Richardson as a firefighter and as the subject of uncorroborated tips about drug abuse, Glejzer wrote. They watched as the men drove around the corner to Wyman Street, where Bradley entered Richardson’s vehicle. After witnessing what the officers believed was a drug transaction, they approached and ordered Richardson to get out, police said. Bradley had already exited the vehicle.
The distribution charge carries a 10-year prison sentence.
Read the full story HERE.
Burlington Fire Dept. WEBSITE.
WFXT, Boston has a video report:
