DEERFIELD — A routine traffic stop on Interstate 91 led state police to arrest three people on cocaine trafficking charges this week.
Sarah C. Mackenzie, 34, and Molly A. Farr, 32, both of Williamstown, Vt., and Terrel W. Harrison, 32, of Yonkers, N.Y., were arrested and charged with trafficking 18 to 36 grams of cocaine and conspiracy to violate drug law after a traffic stop Wednesday. Mackenzie was also charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
State Police Trooper Jesse Gadarowski was on patrol on I-91 north in Deerfield Wednesday evening when he saw a red Subaru Forester traveling extremely close to the vehicle in front of it, according to a police report filed in Greenfield District Court. After stopping the Subaru, Gadarowski wrote that the driver, identified as Mackenzie, had an expired license, and neither of the other two passengers had a valid driver’s license.
As he was informing the Mackenzie that the vehicle would have to be inventoried and towed, Gadarowski wrote that he saw a purse under the her feet with a glassine bag on top. Further investigation revealed that the bag contained grains of a white powder substance, a folded piece of paper and a razor blade.
Mackenzie admitted that there was crack-cocaine and a crack pipe in the driver’s side door, according to the report.
During a search of the vehicle, police located an orange bottle containing an off-white chunky substance believed to be crack-cocaine, a glass pipe with burnt residue, another Ziploc bag with a substance the driver admitted was crack-cocaine, glassine bags containing a white powder residue and a cut straw with tan powder residue, according to the report.
Police also located 30 grams of suspected crack-cocaine in Harrison’s shoe, Gadarowski wrote.
The suspects were arrested and transported to the Franklin County House of Correction. They were arraigned in Greenfield District Court Thursday and are due back in court Nov. 3 for bind-over hearings to determine whether their cases will be transferred to Superior Court.
Following their arraignments, Harrison’s bail was set at $7,500 cash or $75,000 surety; Farr’s at $5,000 cash or $50,000 surety; and Mackenzie’s at $3,000 cash or $30,000 surety.