ASHBURNHAM — On Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, Detective Quinn Smith of the Ashburnham Police Department was dispatched to the area of 124 Rindge Turnpike Road following a report of a motor vehicle crash.
(The account and quotations in this article were taken from the printed Personnel Narrative of Det. Smith.)
When he arrived on scene, Det. Smith identified the driver of the vehicle as 64-year-old Carl Fagan. Fagan’s two passengers, a 35-year-old woman and 41-year-old male, were transported to a hospital in Leominster.
Fagan informed Officer Quinn that he didn’t need to be transported to the hospital, nor did he need a ride home.
“I advised Fagan that I would provide a courtesy transport,” Det. Smith said. “Fagan stated that he lives at a house on Stodge Meadow Road, but does not know the address, and would let me know when we got to the house. On arrival at the home on Stodge Meadow I let Fagan out and I advised him that I needed to find out what the house number was for my police report, and for transport.”
Since there was no number on the exterior of the residence, Det. Smith walked to the front door with Fagan.
“As Fagan opened the door, I observed in plain view a female on the couch holding, per my training and experience, what appeared to be a crack pipe,” Det. Smith said.
While Det. Smith walked into the living room with Fagan, he observed the woman place the crack pipe into the side of the couch cushions. There were two other people sitting on the couch with the woman, a man and another woman who ran into the kitchen when Det. Smith entered the living room.
The woman holding the crack pipe on the couch was later identified as the homeowner, 69-year-old Jeanne Landry.
At this time, Officer Hiram Velazquez arrived as backup.
“I asked Landry where she placed the crack pipe I saw in her hand when I arrived on scene,” Det. Smith said. “Landry stated that she placed the crack pipe into the side of the couch cushion, as she took the crack pipe out of the couch and placed it on the couch arm. I asked Landry if there were any drugs in the house or on her person. Landry stated that she did not have any drugs in the home, and that she was smoking crack residue out of the pipe so she could clean it.”
Det. Smith said he then asked Landry if he could search the purse which was on the floor by her feet. After Landry gave Det. Quinn permission to search her purse, he took the purse and placed the contents onto the living room floor.
“I found an Ice Breakers gum container,” Det. Smith said. “When I opened it, I observed 17.5 small orange pills, scored across the center, with capital AD on one side, and 30 on the other, which were later identified as Adderall 30 mg. When I asked Landry what the pills were, she stated that they were her Adderalls. Landry stated that she did not have a prescription. I asked Landry where she got the Adderall pills from, and Landry did not tell me. At this time, I took control of the Ice Breakers container and Adderall pills as evidence. I advised Landry that she would be receiving a summons to appear in court for Possession of a Class B Substance.”
Police valued the 17.5 30 mg Adderall pills at $200.
Disclaimer: If you are wondering why the incident in this story was from January, that’s because I had to file FOIA request(s) to get the court documents for the incident. FOIAs are time consuming.
