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State Police Speeding Stop Leads to Meth Arrest
At 11:36 p.m. on February 25, Trooper Brian Sullivan clocked a gray Volkswagen Passat traveling 52 mph in a 30 mph zone on Gallivan Boulevard in Dorchester. The trooper, who is assigned to the South Boston barracks, activated his lights and stopped the vehicle after it took a left onto Hutchinson Street.
The driver, CARSON W. TRENT, 39, said the car was owned by his friend and claimed to not have his license on him. Trooper Sullivan determined that TRENT was wanted on two default warrants, one for drug violations out of Dorchester Court and the other for larceny by scheme out of Boston Municipal Court. The trooper then placed TRENT under arrest.
During a subsequent inventory of the Passat, troopers observed, inside an open soft briefcase in plain view on the car’s floor, a small black bag containing a white crystallized substance believed to be methamphetamine. Also in the bag were two glass pipes and a lighter. A State Police K-9 unit was called to the scene, and the dog, “Jager,” who is specially trained to detect the odor of narcotics, alerted to a narcotics scent on the black bag. Also found in the briefcase was $1,000 cash and two notebooks.
TRENT was booked at the South Boston barracks and charged with trafficking in methamphetamine; possession of a class B substance with intent to distribute; possession of a class B substance near a park; speeding; driving with a suspended license; and the two warrants. The suspected crystal methamphetamine was weighed at the barracks at approximately 34 grams. TRENT’s friend who owns the vehicle, which was towed, will be cited for allowing an unlicensed operator to drive his car.