Posted on 02/11/2023 8:28:32 AM PST by bitt
Freda Brasfield, the Administration and Finance Director in Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office, was arraigned Friday on money laundering charges in an alleged prison drug smuggling scheme.
Brasfield, who is also a longtime Boston Democratic political activist and community organizer, appeared in Woburn Superior Court, along with two co-defendants, Jaime Liberty and Jayleen Rivera, both of whom are facing charges of conspiring to smuggle drugs into MCI Shirley.
Brasfield, who is represented by Boston attorney David Meier, entered a plea of not guilty to one charge of money laundering and a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Brasfield, Liberty, and Rivera were released on personal recognizance.
According to records on file at Woburn Superior Court, a grand jury indicted Freda Brasfield on Dec. 15, 2022.
Prosecutors allege the smuggling scheme stretches back to January 2021 and that it involved a conspiracy to smuggle synthetic cannabinoids known as K2 and Spice into MCI Shirley. Prosecutors say it involved four inmates, including Brasfield’s nephew, and five “non-incarcerated relations or significant others,” including Freda Brasfield.
According to the Commonwealth’s Statement of the Case, Manuel “Junior” Dasilva, a former MCI Shirley inmate, worked with the nine co-defendants to get synthetic drugs inside MCI Shirley.
The use of synthetic drugs is a growing problem inside the Massachusetts prison system.
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A corrupt Democrat? Surely this is satire?
Freda Brasfield...she wuz living large and in charge.
Say whut?!
Side hustle.
like the use of MS-13, this may be MORE than just
supplying grass to the incarcerated;
it creates a supply of robot-killers for the DNC;
think of NJ this last week with two dead who
were elected, but were not of the DNC.
more stupid people thinking they are ‘protected’...
Politicians are starting to throw transparency about how crooked they are out there for everyone to see. They know there are enough ignorant and voters of little intelligence out there to guarantee they keep getting reelected.
MCI Shirley (you jest. I asked you not to call me, Shirley) is where Aaron Hernandez ended his worthless and miserable life.
I’m pretty sure that she was appointed, not elected. But she was a political asset to another grifter who blew in from Chicago via Harvard.
No surprise.
“Finance Director”
According to court documents, the drugs are sprayed onto 8″ x 11″ sheets, which are cut down into one-inch squares and sold in prison for $400 each. One sheet of paper can earn as much as $32,000 behind bars. Defendant Manuel Dasilva [Outside contact] allegedly negotiated bulk pricing and quoted prices as low as $250-300 per sheet.
https://news.yahoo.com/top-boston-finance-director-charged-215346133.html
...”Freda Brasfield, a longtime City Hall worker and local activist, is charged with one count each of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to a spokeswoman for Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
The case is out of Woburn, where the AG’s office secured an indictment in December, leading to Brasfield’s arraignment Friday. She entered a plea of not guilty, and says she’s been “wrongfully charged.”
Brasfield is the mayor’s director of administration and finance, a position with an annual salary of $130,222, according to city data. To be clear, that’s a different position than the head of the A&F Cabinet or the city’s chief financial officer; Brasfield’s job is to do administration-related tasks specifically for the mayor’s office, and not deal with bigger-picture issues like the budget, which is the purview of the CFO and that Cabinet.”
She looks unhappy
YOW!
Unpaid leave.
Boston giving Baltimore a run for the money.
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