The City of Champions continues to be a haven for local drug-dealers to operate. Not only does Brockton unfortunately have plenty of potential customers for them due to thousands upon thousands of citizens with a remarkable substance abuse problem, but seemingly, even if you get arrested for drug trafficking with ridiculous amounts of coke or heroin, you’ll be back on the streets in no time.
According to the Brockton Enterprise – With a 14-year-old in the back seat of their SUV, police said, two Brockton men intended to sell 35 grams of heroin Thursday night to a man they thought was a customer.
The buyer, an undercover Brockton police officer, met with Vaughn Mitchell, 20, of 73 Clinton St. and Queito Miranda, 25, 80 Turner St., Apt 2 at about 8 p.m. on Rangeley Avenue, a short side street off Pleasant Street near the Easton/Stoughton line.
It’s appalling that these dangerous criminals were even free to roam the streets as both Mitchell and Miranda have been charged with multiple recent major drug crimes. Mitchell was infamously arrested in March and was found to be hiding crack cocaine inside his buttocks. Too easy to joke about that one.
On March 10, Mitchell was arrested after a traffic stop where police said they seized 19.5 grams of heroin and 17.5 grams of crack cocaine. ONLY THREE WEEKS LATER – On April 1, Mitchell was arrested in a car stop in East Bridgewater where police said they found 16 grams of heroin and 3.6 grams of crack cocaine in the vehicle.
During the exchange this past Thursday night with the undercover officer, Miranda noticed several detectives were moving in on the black Chevy Suburban and notified Mitchell, who then jumped back into the SUV and attempted to flee, prosecutors said.
Mitchell drove the Suburban directly at a state trooper on foot that had to dive out of the way to avoid injury, State Police Sgt. Michael McCarthy said.
Mitchell then crashed into an unmarked cruiser, backed up and then hit the same cruiser again head-on with detectives inside the car, McCarthy said.
The crash caused the airbags to deploy in the Suburban and officers were able to move in and put the three in custody.
Inside the SUV, police seized about 34 grams of heroin and $1,100 cash.
Mitchell was charged with trafficking heroin, conspiracy to violate the drug law, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, failure to stop for police, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and resisting arrest.
Miranda and the 14-year-old were charged with trafficking heroin and conspiracy to violate the drug law.
The arrests came as the result of a month-long investigation into Mitchell operating a heroin delivery service. State Police led the investigation with the assistance of Brockton Police and the DEA. Mitchell sold drugs to an undercover detective three times prior to his arrest, police said.
All this begs the question, “Why bother conducting a month-long investigation, if the notorious drug-dealers will be back out on the street in two days?”
6 Comment(s)
How intentionally ramming a police car while fleeing a crime is not more of a chargeable offense is crazy. Lock these idiots up and toss the key away.
The courts in this Commonwealth half the problem. Silence from the state reps.
The hippie squad know about this racial profiling? This deserves a highway block on I-95 at rush hour and Al to the rescue.
The guy put crack in his crack.
Obviously hes working with police going around getting everyone locked up but him self…. Haha.
Poor guys just doing his job!and its a job without Benny’s too.those cops must have something against hard working men