Winnie’s residence, and, as a result, we did a controlled fentanyl purchase there from Mr. Winnie dealing narcotics from his home, typically heroin and fentanyl, for some time,” said Doucette. Police targeted that location after neighbors and nearby businesses complained to authorities about suspected drug activity at Winnie’s leased apartment.
Winnie was arrested at the second location, at 450 Main St. They also found ammunition on one of the suspects, on the ground and in a pouch on the side of the house. Police found a loaded semi-automatic pistol on the bedroom floor where the window had been broken. We do believe that this residence is connected to him.” “Due to the individual arrested by federal authorities last night, we were able to secure a search warrant for the residence and execute the search warrant this morning. We have previously responded to that apartment for an overdose of fentanyl,” said Doucette. “The information we have is that Amber Chapman has been allowing people to come to her apartment for the sale of narcotics, a lot of traffic, people coming and going all hours of the day and night. Police have been receiving information for several months from neighbors about the Pratt Street apartment leased by suspect Amber Chapman. 3, where a total of six people were arrested. Both were arrested at 113 Pratt St., Apt. “We’re working right now to try to obtain fingerprints and put them into the system to find their identities.”īennington Police were able to identify three of the suspects. “We do know that they are all from the Springfield and Holyoke area, and we do know that they are involved in drug trafficking in and around Bennington,” said Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette. Some of the people arrested have refused to cooperate with law enforcement by not giving their names or allowing police to fingerprint them. An officer with a high-powered firearm pointed his rifle out of the window at the suspects as a group of officers screamed orders at them.īoth were captured and later loaded into police vehicles with the other suspects. Gracie, the Bennington Police dog, alerted the officers to the suspects on the roof, and a team made up of multiple law enforcement agencies confronted them there. Charges include fentanyl possession, fentanyl trafficking, conspiracy to sell narcotics and possession of illegal firearms.Īround 6:45 a.m., as police rammed in the back door after announcing their presence, two suspects broke through a dormer window on the second floor at a Pratt Street location and fled onto the roof. Arrested were Jacob Lundy, Valerie Phillips and Richard Winnie, as well as four others who would not identify themselves to police.
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