Teh One Who Knocks
02-12-2012, 12:08 PM
By Patrick Johnson, The Republican
HOLYOKE - Police arrested a 50-year-old Longmeadow man Thursday afternoon on Main Street after an officer in a marked cruiser stopped at a light on Main Street spotted the driver in the car next to him snorting heroin, police said.
Lt. Laurence P. Cournoyer said the driver, Michael Porcello of 11 Harwich Road, Longmeadow, and a front seat passenger, Robert Martone, 44, of Bliss Street in West Springfield, were each charged with possession of a class A substance.
A passenger in the rear seat, Vincent Lollio, 24, of Grandview Avenue, West Springfield, got out of the car and ran, Cournoyer said.
Lollio was eventually found after he climbed a fence and tried hiding out at the city’s
sewage waste treatment facility. Police blocked the exits to the facility, and the state police helicopter, which was in the vicinity, aided police by watching him from overhead, he said.
He was charged with resisting arrest, trespassing, disorderly conduct and being in a place where heroin was knowingly kept. He also had five outstanding warrants, Cournoyer said.
According to the police report, an officer in a marked car had just stopped at a red light while traveling south on Main Street. A car pulled up alongside him in the left lane, and when the officer glanced over, he spotted Porcello snorting a powder from his hand.
Cournoyer said when Porcello looked up and spotted the officer watching him, he hung his head.
Police recovered five bags of heroin that were each marked with a label reading “blue ray.”
HOLYOKE - Police arrested a 50-year-old Longmeadow man Thursday afternoon on Main Street after an officer in a marked cruiser stopped at a light on Main Street spotted the driver in the car next to him snorting heroin, police said.
Lt. Laurence P. Cournoyer said the driver, Michael Porcello of 11 Harwich Road, Longmeadow, and a front seat passenger, Robert Martone, 44, of Bliss Street in West Springfield, were each charged with possession of a class A substance.
A passenger in the rear seat, Vincent Lollio, 24, of Grandview Avenue, West Springfield, got out of the car and ran, Cournoyer said.
Lollio was eventually found after he climbed a fence and tried hiding out at the city’s
sewage waste treatment facility. Police blocked the exits to the facility, and the state police helicopter, which was in the vicinity, aided police by watching him from overhead, he said.
He was charged with resisting arrest, trespassing, disorderly conduct and being in a place where heroin was knowingly kept. He also had five outstanding warrants, Cournoyer said.
According to the police report, an officer in a marked car had just stopped at a red light while traveling south on Main Street. A car pulled up alongside him in the left lane, and when the officer glanced over, he spotted Porcello snorting a powder from his hand.
Cournoyer said when Porcello looked up and spotted the officer watching him, he hung his head.
Police recovered five bags of heroin that were each marked with a label reading “blue ray.”