STORY: "Activities of Sonja Farak, former Amherst drug lab chemist, under microscope as 15 people want new trials after her arrest on drug charges," by reporter Buffy Spencer, published by the Republican on September 9, 2013.
GIST: "Sharon Salem, the evidence officer for the now closed drug testing laboratory in Amherst, testified Monday on Jan. 17 she discovered two drug samples missing from the vault where they belonged. She told her supervisor the next day and they went to chemist Sonja Farak’s work station, where they first found a bucket containing substances that could be used to decrease the purity of cocaine. Salem said her reaction was “Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God. (That) shouldn’t be here.” Salem was testifying at a Hampden Superior Court hearing set by Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder to hear evidence of the scope and timing of Farak’s alleged criminal conduct. In the courtroom were 15 convicted men and women, six of them in handcuffs, who are seeking new trials based on Farak’s alleged acts and how they affected their cases."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/activities_of_sonja_farak_form.html
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