CLINTON — On Monday, January 6, 2025, at approximately 3:28 p.m., Officers Gerald Guerra, Brian O’Malley and Robert Champagne of the Clinton Police Department were dispatched to Goss Street following a report of a male party passed out in a vehicle.
(The account and quotations in this article were sourced from the printed Personnel Narrative of Officer Brian O’Malley and do not reflect any political perspective or personal opinion of News Link Live, which is strictly a business entity.)
“It should be noted that the temperature outside was in the high 20s Fahrenheit,” Officer O’Malley said.
When the officers arrived on scene, they located the man – who was later identified as Steven Vanhoof – unconscious in the passenger side of the vehicle.
“Officer Guerra was able to wake him up and asked for his identification,” Officer O’Malley said.
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According to police, Steven W. Vanhoof, 44, is a resident of 79 Lake Shoer Drive, Sterling, MA.
“As Steven got out his wallet and his license, a plastic, corner-cut baggie with whitish residue inside also came out with it,” Officer O’Malley said. “Based on my training and experience, I recognized the bag to contain cocaine; later determined to be heroin. I spoke to Officer Guerra and searched Steven for anymore drugs on his person. I found a glass pipe in his possession.”
Officer Champagne searched Vanhoof’s wallet as well as the immediate area where he was sitting in the vehicle and located more corner-cut baggies with residue in them.
Vanhoof was then arrested for Possession of a Class A Drug (heroin).
“In booking Officer Alex Ruel found another bag that had more whiteish/brown residue tied off inside the wallet,” Officer O’Malley said. “After being read his Miranda rights, Steven admitted to occasionally smoking heroin when he did not have his Suboxone. There was also burnt tin foil and a pipe found on his person. These articles did not appear to have residue on them and were discarded.”
Vanhoof was released on bail.
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.
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