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State chemist allegedly used crime drugs

Arrested before she was to testify in Springfield court

BELCHERTOWN — Chemist Sonja Farak stole and apparently used illegal drugs entrusted to her by the state to test as evidence in criminal cases, replacing the drugs with look-alike substances in an attempt to hide her actions, authorities said in court documents.

Last week, authorities followed a trail of evidence that took them from Farak’s work station at the State Police-run lab in Amherst to her car, where they recovered cocaine and heroin that had been previously submitted by law enforcement to the lab for testing, according to the newly released documents.

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Another Obama voter...

From The Gov.... “The most important take-home I think is that no individual’s due process rights were compromised” in the Amherst lab, he said."   How in the world can he make this comment?  The depth of the case is likely unknown.