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A friend of former Red Sox first baseman Hanley Ramirez dropped his name in
an effort to avoid arrest while transporting fentanyl from New York to
Massachusetts in April, then immediately admitted the player had no
connection to the drugs, according to documents filed in US District Court in
Boston.
Ramirez is not under federal investigation and has not been linked to any
drug ring, according to several people with direct knowledge of the case. The
34-year-old has been a free agent since the Red Sox released him on June 1.
An attorney, who represents the man arrested with the drugs and spoke on the
condition that his client not be named because of concerns about his safety,
said his client grew up in the Dominican Republic with Ramirez and used his
name “to get the cops off his back, which didn’t work.”
The man was stopped by State Police in western Massachusetts in April after a
confidential informant tipped the Drug Enforcement Administration that he
would be delivering two kilograms of cocaine to Massachusetts, according to a
DEA affidavit filed in court.
The man told the trooper “that he was traveling to Boston to see a friend
who is a professional baseball player,” the affidavit says. The document
doesn’t identify the player by name, but multiple people, including the man’
s attorney, said he was referring to Ramirez.
The man consented to a search of his Jeep, but when the trooper asked to open
a brown cardboard box found in the rear cargo area, the man declined, saying
it belonged to Ramirez.
The man claimed that the box contained books, and that Ramirez’s mother “
had shipped the box to him in New York to hand-deliver to his friend
[Ramirez] in Boston,” according to the affidavit.
In an attempt to back up his story, the man called Ramirez via FaceTime on
his cellphone, then handed it to the trooper. The trooper asked Ramirez if he
was aware that his friend was en route to visit him and was delivering a box
from his mother. Ramirez said he “was not aware,” according to the
affidavit. The trooper asked if he could open the box and Ramirez agreed.
The box contained a gift bag, with two kilograms of fentanyl inside, the
affidavit says.
The man was arrested on drug trafficking charges and “immediately began
stating that his friend [Ramirez] was not involved at all, and that the box
wasn’t for him,” the affidavit says.
The man’s attorney, who asked that he not be named because of concerns it
would help identify his client, said “his use of Mr. Ramirez’s name was an
ill-thought-out attempt to evade further police scrutiny.”
The attorney said at the time his client dropped the baseball player’s name
“he is hoping he’s not going to be arrested; he’s trying to avoid them
from searching the vehicle and the box.”
On Friday, following a report that Ramirez was being eyed in a federal and
state drug investigation, Red Sox vice president of media relations Kevin
Gregg said that the team was unaware of any investigation involving Ramirez.
Gregg said the team dropped Ramirez from the roster in May solely for
baseball reasons.
Ramirez was informed May 25 that he was being designated for assignment.
On Sunday, Adam Katz, Ramirez’s agent, released a statement saying, “The
reporting on Hanley’s involvement in this matter was reckless and
irresponsible. It’s unfortunate that one careless, inaccurate story can
generate such widespread negative and damaging coverage. Hanley is pleased to
be absolved from wrongdoing and having any involvement in this matter.”
In a text on Friday, Katz had told the Globe that Ramirez “has no knowledge
of any of the allegations contained in this media report and he is not aware
of any investigation.”
The attorney for the man who mentioned Ramirez’s name during the drug stop
said there was never any belief by law enforcement officials that Ramirez had
anything to do with his client’s case.
“He feels awful that this has had any fallout toward Mr. Ramirez,” the
attorney said.
While troopers were transporting the man back to the State Police barracks in
Sturbridge after arresting him, the man said he was “trying to make some
extra money by taking the drugs to Lawrence, and that he did not know who the
drugs were for,” according to the affidavit.
Later he told police that “he had found a box containing the drugs outside
of a building in the Bronx and stolen it,” then repackaged the drugs, put
them in the box and was driving them to Lawrence to look for a buyer.
The man has pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with possession
with intent to distribute 400 or more grams of fentanyl. A judge ordered that
he remain in custody without bail until the case is resolved.
明天还要期末考 就大概说一下摘要
小亨利的朋友为了避免警察追查到他，就在交易毒品时写下他好友小亨利的名字
结果小亨利跟警察连系时，警察叫他打开车子里的箱子
里面都是跟毒品无关的东西 根本就搞错了
朋友被抓到时马上出来说不关小亨利的事
可惜新闻见猎心喜，看到小亨利就开始狂发新闻稿
用一些模棱两可的话说什么 小亨利就是因为这样才被DFA啦 之类的
害的小亨利很不爽 现在谣言满天飞
他则是在twitter写下
我现在想要好好陪家人不打球，这是我自己的决定。谢谢那些了解我并且
拒绝收听错误讯息的朋友
帮Hanley QQ 低调过日子也被拿出来鞭