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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Pittsfield police seize over a kilo of cocaine, guns, and cash in drug raid, one arrested
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A large-scale drug raid in Pittsfield on Thursday resulted in the seizure of more than a kilogram of cocaine and crack cocaine, multiple firearms, and a significant amount of cash. According to the Pittsfield Police Department, officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Pittsfield, uncovering approximately 1.4 kilograms of cocaine and crack cocaine, two firearms, 45 rounds of ammunition, and more than $17,000 in cash. Daniel Navarette of Pittsfield was arrested in connection with the search and faces a range of felony charges, including: Trafficking in cocaine, 200 grams or more Possession of two firearms without a Firearm Identification (FID) card Possession of two firearms during the commission of a felony Possession of a large-capacity feeding device Possession of ammunition without an FID card Improper storage of a firearm Improper storage of a large-capacity firearm near a minor Possession of a firearm in violation of the law with three prior violent or drug-related offenses Navarette was arraigned Friday afternoon in Berkshire District Court, where he was ordered held on $200,000 bail. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ex-lawmaker's conviction for child sex crime upheld on appeal
Tony Navarrete, bottom right, makes his initial appearance in court on Aug. 6, 2021, for multiple felony child sex crimes. Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Steve McCarthy, left, presided over the hearing and ordered Navarrete held on $50,000 bond. Also pictured is Jeanine Sorrentino, a sex crimes prosecutor for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. Screenshot via Maricopa County Superior Court. An appeals court on Thursday upheld a former Democratic state legislator's conviction for a child sex crime. Otoniel 'Tony' Navarrete was a state senator representing a west Phoenix legislative district when he was arrested in 2021 and charged with seven felonies for child sex crimes after allegedly molesting and forcing oral sex on two boys. He resigned shortly after he was arrested. Navarrete was tried twice. The first trial in October 2023 ended in a mistrial after jurors couldn't decide on a verdict. Prosecutors tried Navarrete again in 2024, and jurors delivered a split verdict, convicting him of one count of sexual conduct with a minor. He was acquitted of another identical count and a count of molestation of a child. In April 2024, he was sentenced to one year in prison. Navarrete asked the Arizona Court of Appeals to review his case for 'fundamental error.' But the three-judge panel unanimously concluded there were no errors and the conviction and sentence should stand. 'Navarette was present and represented by counsel at all critical stages of the proceeding, except when counsel waived his presence. The record reflects that the superior court afforded Navarette all his constitutional and statutory rights, and that the proceedings were conducted in accordance with the Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure,' Judge David Weinzweig wrote on behalf of the appellate panel. 'The court conducted appropriate pretrial hearings, and the evidence presented at trial and summarized above was sufficient to support the jury's verdict. Navarette's sentence is also within the range prescribed by law. We find no error on this record.' SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
