Three men were arrested in connection with a large-scale drug trafficking operation in Pittsfield.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Three men were arrested in connection with a large-scale drug trafficking operation in Pittsfield.
According to the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, an extensive investigation led to the arrests outside 30 Brown Street in Pittsfield on Tuesday afternoon. At around 12:25 p.m., law enforcement observed three suspects walking out of the home, 25-year-old Kareem Archibald, 33-year-old Maurice Simmons, both from Bronx, New York, and 22-year-old Jah’Rell J. Mayes of Pittsfield.
Archibald and Simmons complied with officers however Mayes ran away but was caught at 18 Oak Street. A search warrant was then conducted inside the home and officers recovered guns, ammunition, drugs, cash, and other items that indicated the house was used as a central location for drug dealing:
Approximately 50 half packs (2,500 baggies) of heroin
Black Sig Sauer 9mm loaded with eleven rounds
Taurus Millennium .40 Caliber loaded with ten rounds
Additional 9mm magazine with ten rounds of 9mm ammunition
Additional fifty rounds of 9mm ammunition in a box
Approximately $5,000 in a duffle bag
Approximately $11,950 in a safe
Approximately $26
Two functioning digital scales
MAP: 30 Brown Street in Pittsfield
The following was seized from Simmons’ person and bag:
One cellular telephone
Approximately 14 grams of Cocaine
Approximately 790 baggies of heroin
Approximately $2,739
A functioning digital scale
The following was seized from Mayes’ person and bag:
One cellular telephone
Approximately 16 grams of Cocaine
Approximately 250 baggies of Heroin
The following was seized from Archibald’s person and bag:
Three cellular telephones
Approximately 116 grams of cocaine (worth between $5,800 to $11,600)
They are being charged with trafficking in heroin over 36 grams less than 100 grams and cocaine over 100 grams less than 200 grams. Archibald and Simmons are both being held on $100,000 bail, and Mayes is being held on $50,000 bail.
“I do not tolerate large-scale drug trafficking in the Berkshires. Once again, the Task Force conducted a comprehensive investigation and taken action to apprehend individuals bringing drugs and violence. We will ensure that these individuals are held accountable for their actions,” said Berkshire District Attorney Shugrue.
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