This is interesting. Methedone mile has been allowed to go on as a safe space for people to go shoot up heroin and other drugs out in the open. All of a sudden it was gone overnight.🤔🤔

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Dozens of indictments against suspects “profiting from pain” along the drug-littered Methadone Mile have been handed down as the city’s crackdown intensifies. A Suffolk County grand jury returned 36 indictments against three people, and dozens of others face arrests for offenses contributing to the Mass. Ave. and Melnea Cass mess, the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Addressing the problems at the Methadone Mile has emerged as a key issue in the Boston mayoral race during the last month, with many candidates laying out Mass and Cass plans. These arrests and indictments were the result of an “ongoing long-term, strategic and collaborative approach to addressing violent crime in Suffolk County,” the DA’s Office said. “These individuals are each accused of preying on and profiting from the vulnerability, desperation and afflictions of others,” DA Rachael Rollins said. “Further, their actions have significantly impacted the community where they sold their deadly products. We will not tolerate the repeated infliction of harm on our neighborhoods and vulnerable members of our community.” The three people facing a total of 36 grand jury indictments are: Jay Candelario, 40, of Lowell; Dale Clarke, 24, of Boston; and Robert Lewis, 56, of Boston. Candelario is accused of selling drugs in clear view of a Boston police officer on Feb. 13. At the time of his arrest, he was in possession of a loaded gun with a feeding device capable of holding 15 rounds of ammunition, police said. His indictments include trafficking in fentanyl over 100 grams, possession of a Class B substance (cocaine) with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm without a license. Undercover Boston police officers bought drugs from Clarke in the area of Mass and Cass — and near Clarke’s Ellington Street home — multiple times in April, police said. During the execution of a search warrant at Clarke’s home, police said they found three guns, a stolen ballistics vest and all of the equipment needed to package drugs for street level distribution. His indictments include distribution of cocaine, trafficking in fentanyl over 200 grams, and possession of a firearm without an FID card. Boston police officers arrested Lewis in the area of Mass. Ave. and Washington Street on March 18 after they allegedly saw him involved in a drug deal. Following his arraignment, he was released on $2,500 bail. Then he was arrested again in the area of Atkinson Street on April 3 after officers said they saw him take part in multiple drug deals. His indictments include trafficking in fentanyl and heroin over 100 grams, trafficking in methamphetamine, 18 to 36 grams, and trafficking in cocaine over 18 grams. Last week’s indictments move these cases from the municipal courts to Suffolk Superior Court, where each defendant faces the potential of lengthy state prison sentences if convicted. Also, arrest warrants have been issued for upwards of 40 people in Boston’s municipal courts for offenses in the Newmarket Square area. Arrests are expected to continue on a rolling basis in the coming days and weeks. Rollins said her office working in conjunction with Boston police have “identified a number of individuals who we believed are responsible for driving the violence, profiting off of people’s pain.”