Published: 07/31/2007
77-year-old arraigned on drug charges By Douglas A. Moser Staff writer
A 77-year-old Gloucester man will not be held in jail while waiting for his case on drug charges to go forward.
Harold Muise of 16 Trask St. was arraigned in Salem Superior Court yesterday on three charges of illegally possessing prescription drugs with intent to distribute. Muise, who is in frail condition, had to remain seated during his arraignment.
He faces a count of trafficking opiates over 14 grams after authorities said he received a package in Gloucester on July 18, 2006, that contained 20 grams of Percocet pills. He also is facing two counts of possession of a class B substance with intent to distribute and possession of a class D substance with intent to distribute.
Prosecutors did not seek bail and Muise was freed on personal recognizance.
Muise is to return to court Sept. 4 for a pretrial conference.
A postal inspector's tip led to Muise's arrest last summer.
Postal Inspector Michael McCarren contacted state police Trooper John Foster, of the Essex County Drug Task Force, on July 17, 2006, about the package, which ultimately turned out to contain two sandwich bags full of Percocet pills. He was suspicious because Muise had been receiving many Express Mail packages from Manassas in a short period.
On July 18, Trooper Mark West and his drug-sniffing dog Tracer met McCarren at Logan International Airport to check the box. After putting Muise's package with four others, they let Tracer smell them and the dog positively identified Muise's package, according to the police report. To arrest Muise, they brought the package to the Gloucester Post Office and asked Gloucester police Detectives Ken Ryan and Sean Connors to meet them there.
Later that morning, Muise came into the Dale Avenue post office to claim his package.
McCarren, who identified himself to Muise, told Muise a police dog had identified the box as possibly having drugs inside. After asking permission, McCarren opened the box and found, inside a rolled-up leg brace, two bags of Percocets, one bag full of blue pills and the other of white pills.
Muise said he did not know why the pills were wrapped in the brace, saying his daughter had sent it up for him.
Gloucester police had also arrested Muise in May on charges of illegally possessing Percocets; patches containing the very strong opioid, fentanyl; dilaudids, another opioid pain killer; and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute.
Staff writer Julie Manganis contributed to this report.
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