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Shukes and Cedeno were charged with the possession of heroin with the intent to distribute, and the distribution of marijuana.The Hampton Superior Court Judge said that their home should not have been searched because "the search warrant affidavit did not show a reliable and specific link between the drug trafficking organization and the Moulton Street home." In the end, both of their cases were dismissed. However, all the evidence inside the house was taken away.

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In Springfield Massachusetts, during June 2017, John M. Shukes and Francesca Cedeno, police went into the Springfield home and found heroin, marijuana, scales, packaging materials, and $1,912. There is a big drug operation in Springfield, and police said that this home was a "significant source of heroin for mid-level dealers who sold it on the streets in Springfield."

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Although the police officers did get a search warrant in order to search the Springfield home, the search did violate the people's 4th amendment right. The search violated this right because there was no clear link between their home, and the big drug organization in Springfield. Therefore, there was no actual probable cause for the officers to get a search warrant.

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The police found heroin in the Springfield house. 

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The police found heroin in the Springfield house. 

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SPRINGFIELD -- A man and woman facing drug charges after a June 2017 crackdown on a big drug operation had their cases dismissed Tuesday after a judge said their home should not have been searched.

Standing by a table showing the drugs and cash in June last year, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said the operation, operating out of Springfield and West Springfield, was a significant source of heroin for mid-level dealers who sold it on the streets in Springfield and throughout Western Massachusetts.

Cases involving the main defendants are still pending, but the cases against John M. Shukes, 27, and Francesca Cedeno, both of 92 Moulton St. in Springfield, were dismissed by the prosecution.

Both were charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute and distribution of marijuana. The paperwork submitted by the prosecutor to drop the cases said the motion to suppress the evidence took all the evidence needed away.

Police who went into their home with a search warrant found heroin, marijuana, scales, packaging material and $1,912. But Hampden Superior Court Judge Karen Goodwin ruled the search warrant affidavit did not show a reliable and specific link between the drug trafficking organization and the Moulton Street home.

Shukes was represented by Peter A. Slepchuk and Cedeno was represented by Timothy M. Farris.

The request for a warrant to search 92 Moulton St. was a small part of a massive search warrant affidavit for homes, storage units, cars and people.

The drug raids announced by Gulluni resulted in multiple arrests and the seizure of 21,500 packets of heroin, $13,000 in cash, seven firearms and multiple high-end automobiles that were allegedly used in the drug trade.

The arrests followed the execution of 19 search warrants at seven locations in Springfield and West Springfield, and involved Springfield police narcotics officers and State Police detectives assigned to Gulluni's office.

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno issued a statement at the time of the arrests praising Gulluni, the state and local police and all other law enforcement officials involved in the arrests. He said he hoped the courts would now do their part to keep those arrested off the streets.

"I remain hopeful that our court system will hold these violent repeat gun-toting, gangbanging, drug-trafficking offenders, who deal this poison, off of our streets and out of our neighborhoods!," he said.

Others arrested included Springfield residents Emmanuel Soto, 30, Joel Pacheco, 28, Luis David Ramirez-Perez, 29, and Jose Cedeno, 26. According to court records Jose Cedeno is brother to Francesca Cedeno.

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Cases dismissed for 2 defendants arrested in major drug crackdown as judge tosses evidence

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SPRINGFIELD -- A man and woman facing drug charges after a June 2017 crackdown on a big drug operation had their cases dismissed Tuesday after a judge said their home should not have been searched.