A 29-year-old Pembroke man was arrested today on a sealed grand jury indictment for allegedly selling cocaine to an undercover agent on two separate occasions.
Arraigned before Judge Robert C. Noonan this afternoon was Brandon R. Brade, of Genesee Street, Pembroke.
Brade was taken into custody at his place of employment, where he has worked for two months, he told Noonan.
"I'd kind of like to keep my job," Brade said, asking for a bail lower than the $50,000 requested by Assistant District Attorney Will Zickl.
Noonan set bail at $10,000 and gave Brade a week to hire an attorney (Brade said he could afford to hire his own) before his next court appearance.
Brade is charged with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance, 3rd, and two counts of possession of a controlled substance, 3rd.
According to a Sheriff's Office press release, Brade allegedly sold quantities of cocaine to an agent of the Local Drug Enforcement Task Force.
Zickl asked for the high bail because of Brade's prior record, which includes convictions for DWI (2005), resisting arrest (2002) and stalking (2000).
Noonan said Brade will get another shot at a lower bail after Genesee Justice files a bail evaluation report, which would require Brade's cooperation.
"Noonan set bail at $10,000
"Noonan set bail at $10,000 and gave Brade a week to hire an attorney (Brade said he could afford to hire his own) before his next court appearance."
Stay away from the law office of Thomas J. Lyon. Rumor has it he's a fake...
Of course he has the $ to
Of course he has the $ to hire his own attorney...the benfits of dealing!
Actually, being a drug dealer
Actually, being a drug dealer doesn't pay well at all. A minimum wage job pays better.
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His three previous offenses
His three previous offenses are unrelated to this case and charging him with possession AND sale of the same item sounds to me like a good lawyer can get him off on an entrapment charge for the sale. You know, I can't entice you to commit a criminal act that you would not have otherwise committed, that would make me a criminal too, but that's what narc rats and snitches do. The guy seems like a bum that my kid might hang around with and he needs to keep his job if he's ever going to grow into a man. It sure seems to take a lot longer these days. I suggest he settle up and get the hell out of town.
George, For the entrapment
George,
For the entrapment argument to be successful this guy's lawyer would have to prove that the "narc" or "snitch" got him to sell the drugs after a prolonged period of harassment by the so called "narc" or "snitch". If they got in touch with this guy and just said "hey you know where I could get some stuff?" and he readily provided them or told them he could get it for them then that's not entrapment. A good example of entrapment can be seen in the movie "Rush". Where the two "narcs" are told by their higher ups to plant the dope on Mr. Gaines the guy they wanted to arrest as a big fish dealer. They kept hounding Gaines telling him they were interested in buying and he kept turning them down and ignoring them. Even if he had sold them drugs after the prolonged harassment he probably got off on the charges.
This guys may very well be a fine upstanding citizen. But then again he could be someone that decided to sell some drugs to make a few extra bucks. All of us armchair lawyers and judges will just have to wait and see how it plays out in court.