Local Men Charged With Possession With Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances and Firearm Offenses
According to the Lowell Sun, police officers observed a driver of a car and his passenger engage in a drug transaction. As a result of these observations, the police pulled the car over and determined that the driver's license to operate was revoked. The police found bags of marijuana and a 9 mm handgun on the passenger and cocaine and illegal prescription drugs on the driver. The driver's girlfriend gave the police permission to search the home that the couple shared and the police retrieved what is believed to be cocaine, bullets, a 9 mm handgun and a shotgun. The driver was charged with multiple counts of illegal possesssion of controlled substances with intent to distribute and firearm offenses.
If you are charged with a violation of the controlled substances act or with a firearm offense it is crucial that you contact an attorney as soon as possible. If you are charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance in a school zone or distribution of a controlled substance in a school zone you face a mandatory sentence of two years in prison. Similarly if you are charged with possession of a firearm you also face a mandatory minimum sentence. To successfully defend against these types of cases it is necessary to file appropriate pre-trial non evidentiary and evidentiary motions. These motions include requests for informant information, measurement of the place of the alleged offense to the school and motions to suppress the stop and/or physical evidence. Contact Kathleen M. McCarthy today if you are charged with these types of offenses so that she can get to work and successfully defend you.
