GREENFIELD — Two Springfield, Vt. women involved in a May traffic stop have been arraigned in Greenfield District Court on various drug charges involving heroin and PCP.
Hali Bailey, 23, was arraigned Friday on charges of possession with intent to distribute a Class A drug, speeding, failure to signal, miscellaneous vehicle equipment violations and not having her license in her possession at the time of the traffic stop, according to court documents.
While Bailey had been issued a summons to appear in court, the passenger in her vehicle, Dorothy Quinones, 36, was arraigned on May 30 following her arrest. Recorder archives indicate Quinones pleaded innocent to possessing a Class A drug, possessing a Class B drug and conspiracy to violate drug laws.
According to a report by Massachusetts State Police Trooper Jesse Gadarowski of the Shelburne Falls barracks, the traffic stop occurred Friday, May 26, at around 3 p.m. While driving on Interstate 91 northbound, Gadarowski noticed a white Chevrolet Impala traveling at 77 miles per hour.
As Gadarowski followed the vehicle, it swerved into the right lane without using a directional, narrowly avoiding a collision with another vehicle, the report states. He also noticed the plastic cover over the right tail light was broken.
Gadarowski stopped the vehicle, which was driven by Bailey with Quinones as a passenger. When asked where they were going, Bailey replied they had traveled to Hartford, Conn. so Quinones could have her eyelashes done and were returning to Springfield, Vt., according to the report.
The report continues that when Bailey was unable to find her license and exhibited significant nervousness, and understanding the two were traveling “from a source drug city to a known destination region,” Gadarowski had Bailey exit the car.
Though Quinones initially told Gadarowski she had marijuana in a black change purse in the passenger side door, the report states, he found the substance was “green vegetable matter covered with a black powder” he determined to be PCP.
Bailey eventually admitted to possessing heroin, though she claimed she was holding it for Quinones, according to Gadarowski’s report. She possessed a total of 180 wax bags of heroin within two sandwich bags.
“The quantity of illegal drugs that were present during this motor vehicle stop are much more than someone will have on them if their intention is merely to use drugs,” Gadarowski wrote in his report, also noting he found no drug paraphernalia.
Both were arraigned and released on personal recognizance. Bailey’s pretrial conference is scheduled for Oct. 23.