SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A defense lawyer says a Springfield woman arrested during a drug raid was just a baby sitter.
The Springfield Republican reports 50-year-old Myra Aguilar pleaded not guilty Friday to heroin trafficking, cocaine possession, conspiracy and firearms violations. Bail was set at $5,000.
Attorney Meredith Ryan said Aguilar doesn’t live at the home raided Wednesday and was there to baby-sit two children of two others arrested – 34-year-old Ismarie Rodriguez and 38-year-old Jorge Mercado.
They and a fourth person pleaded not guilty Thursday to similar charges.
Prosecutor Hector Savala said Aguilar was part of the operation and was wanted on a 2009 heroin distribution warrant. He said she gave police a false name and address. Ryan said Aguilar wasn’t named in the search warrant.
Aguilar was hospitalized after her arrest for chronic health problems.
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