SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) The Springfield Police Department made several arrests last week related to drug investigations in the city.
43-year-old Michael Brown was arrested at his home on Parker Street on Thursday after a several month investigation into fentanyl sales out of his house. Officers found 1,048 grams of fentanyl, several hundred fentanyl pills, approximately 534 grams of cocaine, and approximately $14,000 when they executed the search warrant.
51-year-old Alonzo Williams was also arrested last week after police executed a search warrant and found 13,900 fentanyl pills, approximately 30 pounds (15 kilograms) of cocaine, 406 grams of raw fentanyl, a firearm, and approximately $190,000 in counterfeit U.S. inside his home. The estimated street value for the seizure is $2,000,000.
Williams was charged with:
- possession of a firearm without a license
- trafficking in fentanyl over 200 grams
- trafficking in cocaine over 200 grams, trafficking in cocaine 18-36 grams
- possession to distribute a class A drug
Brown was charged with:
- Trafficking class A drug (Fentanyl) over 200 grams
- Trafficking class B drug (Cocaine) over 200 grams
- Possession of class C drug (Psilocybin Mushrooms) with intent to distribute
- Possession of a firearm without a license to carry (2 counts)
- Possession of a loaded firearm
- Possession of a large capacity weapon/feeding device (4 counts)
- Possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony (2 counts)
- Possession of ammunition without an license to carry
- Possession of a firearm with two prior violent/drug crimes
