WHITE RIVER JUNCTION - A White River Junction woman who police said possessed the materials to convert cocaine into crack cocaine denied cocaine and marijuana possession charges.
On Tuesday, in White River Junction District Court, Martha S. Prime, 48, pleaded innocent to a felony charge of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession. Together, the charges carry a greatest penalty of five and a half years in prison and more than $100,000 in fines.
According to some affidavit filed with the judicial tribunal by Officer Dennis Coughlin with the Hartford Police Department, at 11 p.m. Sunday, Coughlin received a tip that cocaine was being cooked at Prime’s Maple Street residence.
Coughlin wrote that when he met Prime at her room door, she was forthcoming about her activities and the illicit contents of her apartment.
“Prime told me that there was a marijuana pipe and rift pipes inside the house in the desk,” Coughlin wrote. “(She) told me that she smoked crack last night. (She) reiterated this to me several times. (She) also told me she had hashish inside the residence either in her desk or in the bedroom.”
Court records state that Prime signed a card giving police permission to search her apartment, and while they conduct their search she sat in her bedroom.
Police related that they found Darrell Boudro, 38, hiding in a closet in Prime’s bedroom. Police reported that Boudro initially identified himself as Jeffrey Stevens, but they later confirmed Boudro’s identity when they found his wallet hidden under a dresser.
“Boudro later advised that he lied because he did not failure to be involved nor did he want the others in the residence to be aware of what his name was,” Coughlin wrote.
In addition to Prime and Boudro, four other people were in the apartment, none of whom were charged, court records state. Coughlin wrote that Boudro identified the other people in the apartment as drug dealers.
Boudro was charged with providing false complaint to a law enforcement officer and was cited to appear in White River Junction District Court on July 22.
As police searched her apartment, Prime handed Coughlin three vaunt pipes, one metal cask and a container of a substance later field tested as hashish, according to court records.
Police later spotted Prime toss her purse abaft her dresser, police said. A search of the purse revealed 14 small bundles of a white powdery substance, court records state, and at what time police tested one of the bundles it tried over-confident for cocaine.
Police found a fifteenth small pliable baggie identical to the others sitting on take the top off of the dresser, according to court records.
Court records state the during their search, police build many items commonly used to measure cocaine into crack cocaine, including test tubes, a butane aerosol can, baking soda, friction alcohol and razor blades. Police also ground used syringes, two digital scales, plastic baggies and an abundant number of copper scrubbing pads.
“All items/tools found were consistent with that of the distribution process and converting cocaine into crack cocaine,” Coughlin wrote.
After pleading immaculate, Prime instructed $50,000 bail and was released.
Contact Josh O’Gorman at josh.ogorman@rutlandherald.com.
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