Whats the gun charge? Because he was in possession of the drugs? It did not say he did not have a permit. Just curious........
By WGGB Staff
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB) -- Police have arrested a 58-year-old city man on drug and firearms charges Thursday after a raid conducted at his home allegedly resulted in the seizure of prescription pain killers and several guns.
According to Springfield Police Department Sgt. John Delaney, the 6:30 p.m. raid on 20 Lorimer St., was a result of an investigation into the suspicion detectives assigned to the city's Narcotics Division had that Patrick Daly had been dealing the prescription painkiller Oxycontin from the residence in the city's Indian Orchard neighborhood.
"(The police) did a great job in helping out the normally quiet neighborhood," said Delaney in a statement sent to the media Friday.
Daly was arrested in the backyard of the address with a 9mm handgun and a bottle of Oxycontin in his possession, according to Delaney. However, officers allegedly found 220 Oxycontin pills, with an estimated street value of over $5,000, in the home, as well as four other handguns, a .22-caliber rifle and $2,200 in cash.
Daly is facing charges of trafficking a class A drug in a quantity between 28 and 100 grams, and possession of a large-capacity firearm in the commission of a felony, according to police.
He appeared in Springfield District Court Friday where his arraignment had been continued until May 17, according to Hampden County District Attorney William Bennett's office.
By WGGB Staff
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB) -- Police have arrested a 58-year-old city man on drug and firearms charges Thursday after a raid conducted at his home allegedly resulted in the seizure of prescription pain killers and several guns.
According to Springfield Police Department Sgt. John Delaney, the 6:30 p.m. raid on 20 Lorimer St., was a result of an investigation into the suspicion detectives assigned to the city's Narcotics Division had that Patrick Daly had been dealing the prescription painkiller Oxycontin from the residence in the city's Indian Orchard neighborhood.
"(The police) did a great job in helping out the normally quiet neighborhood," said Delaney in a statement sent to the media Friday.
Daly was arrested in the backyard of the address with a 9mm handgun and a bottle of Oxycontin in his possession, according to Delaney. However, officers allegedly found 220 Oxycontin pills, with an estimated street value of over $5,000, in the home, as well as four other handguns, a .22-caliber rifle and $2,200 in cash.
Daly is facing charges of trafficking a class A drug in a quantity between 28 and 100 grams, and possession of a large-capacity firearm in the commission of a felony, according to police.
He appeared in Springfield District Court Friday where his arraignment had been continued until May 17, according to Hampden County District Attorney William Bennett's office.