Posted on 10/29/2025 1:09:51 PM PDT by matt04
The deputy director of Governor Maura Healey’s western Massachusetts office, LaMar Cook, was arrested and terminated from his position after several kilograms of suspected cocaine were seized.
The Hampden District Attorney’s Office told 22News that an ongoing investigation is being conducted after multiple parcels were seized that contained a combined total of approximately 21 kilograms of suspected cocaine.
22News obtained the court documents that state two packages sent from an address in Atlanta, Georgia, were intercepted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 8. The packages contained approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine (several imprinted with the word “GOLD”), were being shipped to a guest under the name “Morgan Gordon” at Hotel UMass in Amherst.
Under law enforcement surveillance, the packages, both weighed approximately 18 pounds each, were ultimately shipped to Hotel UMass, which arrived the following day. Due to the inability to locate a guest with the addressed name, the packages were moved to the mail room and eventually taken in as evidence by the Massachusetts State Police.
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That led investigators to execute a search warrant on Monday for the office where Cook was employed within the Springfield State Office Building. As a result, Cook was arrested on Tuesday during a traffic stop. Court documents obtained by 22News show that Cook was stopped on Cottage Street and provided the officer with a Georgia license. Due to being a resident of Massachusetts for the last three years, he was issued a citation for the unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
During the same time of the traffic stop, officers conducted a search warrant at Cook’s home on Lamont Street, where police seized a 9MM Taurus G3 pistol and ammunition. Cook does not have a firearm license. The police also seized an undisclosed amount of cash.
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It's illegal to have a firearm in MA w/o a license isn't it? Some gun control.
Couldn’t the military just air strike him?
He a bad boy.
12 kilos of cocaine? That’s l30 pounds.
That stuff isn’t cheap. Someone is going to be angry that it isn’t being turned over. I wouldn’t want to be this clown when he gets to the joint.
DEI makes our institutions better, well, higher.
In related news, Hunter Biden just canceled his meeting with Mr. Cook.
30 pounds, not 130. Typo…sorry.
At 2.2 pounds per kilo, that's a really large, "dealer sized" amount. Over five pounds of cocaine?!?!?!
I wonder if he visited the Xiden White House ...
Cocaine is going for $120 a gram on the street. Since it’s Springfield, let’s call it $75/gram. That’s $75k for a kilo. 12 kilos is worth $900,000.
And all this on $113,000 a year salary. This guy is just an entrepreneur.
2.2 X 12 = 26.4 Lbs. X 16 = 422.4 ozs X 11,827.2 grams X $100 =$1,182,720
Boy….he is screwed from both sides. Plus he lost his job. LOL
According to a quick internet search, the UN and DEA say 21KG of cocaine is worth
$588,000-$1,470,000, tending to the higher end in the Northeast
This guy is NOT small time dealer!
He’s using his office for some kind of political protection.
“The bitch set me up!”
(several imprinted with the word “GOLD”),
That’s GOLD Jerry!! GOLD!!
And those were the two that he didn’t get.
He is on video picking up earlier packages.
“Morgan Gordon” dindu nuffin’!!!
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