Police arrest two men on gun, drug charges in Greenfield

STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Staff Report

Published: 06-27-2024 6:00 PM

Modified: 06-27-2024 7:11 PM


GREENFIELD — Two men, one from Greenfield and another from Vermont, were arrested in Greenfield this week on drug and firearm charges as part of the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office Project Safe Neighborhood initiative.

Police arrested Jouseph Martinez-Casanova, 35, of Greenfield, on two charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and Buprenorphine on Tuesday after police allegedly observed him making a drug sale on Maple Street in Greenfield, according to DA’s office spokesperson Laurie Losiel.

On Wednesday, police arrested Joshua Giard, 39, of Guilford, Vermont, on Main Street in Greenfield after police allegedly saw him brandish a gun he had pulled from his waistband. He faces charges of carrying a loaded firearm, carrying a large capacity firearm without a license and possession of a large-capacity feeding device.

Gov. Maura Healey’s office provided the DA’s office with $93,000 in Project Safe Neighborhood grant funding to cover the cost of a district-wide gun buyback effort held in April and also to fund drug enforcement efforts throughout the region. The anti-crime task force is made up of local police from 13 departments as well as three state police members assigned to the DA’s office.

In May, the task force made 13 arrests on weapons offenses, outstanding warrants, drug distribution and drug trafficking charges in Bernardston, Athol, Williamsburg, Erving, Turners Falls, Greenfield and Northampton.

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