SPD FIU Detectives Arrest Three Suspects, Including One with an Ankle Monitor; Trafficking Weight of Crack-Cocaine Recovered
SPD FIU Detectives Arrest Three Suspects, Including One with an Ankle Monitor; Trafficking Weight of Crack-Cocaine Recovered
Springfield, Mass. — On Wednesday September 2nd at approximately 2:30 p.m., members of the Springfield Police Firearms Investigation Unit (FIU) under the direction of Sergeants David Robillard and Evan Donermeyer arrested three suspects on the 0-100 block of Spring Street and would later recover a trafficking weight of crack-cocaine and nearly 500 bags of heroin.
Over the past several weeks FIU Detectives have been investigating uptick in violence in the Spring Street corridor believed to be connected in part, to drug distribution in the area.
Shortly before 2:30 p.m., Detectives conducted a traffic stop and detained two subjects. Two additional known subjects, Timothy Ortiz and Raziel Garcia attempted to run away, but were quickly detained. Detectives located more than 50 grams of crack-cocaine inside a vehicle they stopped. Garcia, Ortiz and Jadyen Colon were placed under arrest. The fourth subject was released.
Detectives then applied for and were granted a search warrant for the Spring Street apartment that Ortiz and Garcia reside in.
Around 9:20 p.m., Detectives executed the search warrant.
Detectives recovered in total more than 109 grams of crack-cocaine and 495 bags of heroin.
Ortiz has a prior drug distribution conviction and is currently outfitted with a court ordered ankle monitor while he is on pre-trial release for a separate drug distribution case.
31-year-old Timothy Ortiz of Springfield is charged with:
- Cocaine Trafficking 100-200 Grams
- Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class A Drug – Subsequent Offense
- Conspiracy to Violate Drug Law
21-year-old Raziel Garcia of Springfield is charged with:
- Cocaine Trafficking 100-200 Grams
- Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class A Drug
- Conspiracy to Violate Drug Law
19-year-old Jayden Colon of Springfield is charged with:
- Cocaine Trafficking 100-200 Grams
- Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class A Drug
- Conspiracy to Violate Drug Law