GREENFIELD — An Adams man was arraigned in Greenfield District Court on Monday, the day after he allegedly visited the Greenfield Police Department with a vehicle filled with weaponry and said he wanted to inquire about his fiancée.
Noah C. Witek, 36, pleaded not guilty to 18 charges and is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing, which state law requires within 120 days.
Witek faces nine counts of possession of explosives, two counts of bombing/hijacking threat with serious public harm, two counts of possession of a firearm in a felony, two counts of improper storage of large-capacity firearms, and single counts of unlicensed sale or possession of an assault weapon, use of body armor in a felony, and impersonating a police officer.
Police Sgt. Megan Cloutier filed a police narrative that states a dispatcher asked Witek if he was associated with a law enforcement agency, and that Witek said he was his “own agency.” She wrote that it was apparent Witek was suffering from some type of mental health crisis.
Deputy Police Chief Christopher Greene said Witek arrived at the police station at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Sunday and approached the dispatcher’s window wearing black tactical gear with ammunition magazines on his vest.
“You’d think he was either law enforcement or a military operator, the way he was dressed,” Greene recounted. “The guy was there to inquire about his fiancée, who he believed was under arrest at our facility, which she was not. I don’t know if this person exists or doesn’t exist.”
The Greenfield Police station has five cells where suspects are held until they can be transferred to the Franklin County Jail on Elm Street. According to Cloutier, Witek told her his fiancée cannot properly understand the legal process because she is not from this country.
Police spoke with Witek, who agreed to allow officers to examine his truck. Officers allegedly found flashbangs (also known as stun grenades), smoke grenades, airsoft frag grenades containing plastic or rubber pellets, a 9mm handgun with ammunition magazines, an AR-style rifle with 14 magazines loaded with 10 rounds each, and a police duty belt.
“He looked like a SWAT member,” Greene said, adding that Witek was compliant with officer commands.
Witek was arrested by officers Derek Worden and Aaron McCloud.
