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Sonja Farak, 35, charged with allegedly tampering with drug evidence and possessing drugs.

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Amherst crime lab chemist pleads "not guilty"

Updated: Tuesday, 22 Jan 2013, 2:08 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 22 Jan 2013, 11:11 AM EST

    AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) - Amherst crime lab chemist Sonja Farak of Northampton has pleaded "not guilty" and is being held on $5,000 bail. Farak was arraigned Tuesday morning in eastern Hampshire district court in Belchertown.

    State Police charged the 35 year-old Farak with allegedly tampering with evidence at the crime lab located on the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts.

    According to Attorney General Martha Coakley, it's alleged that the chemist at the Amherst lab removed a substance that had previously tested positive for cocaine, and replaced it with a counterfeit substance.

    Troopers arrested Farak at her Northampton home at 37 Laurel Park late Saturday night.

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