A Pittsfield woman texted an offer to sell drugs but to the wrong phone number.
PITTSFIELD —Surfing the wave of new technology can result in the occasional wipeout, like when State Police Sergeant Christopher Meiklejohn allegedly received a text early Thursday morning offering to sell him some Xanax.
"Hey I got a few blu footballs for sale u interested?" the cell phone message read, referring to Xanax by its street name.
According to the Berkshire Eagle, several text messages were exchanged because, of course, Sgt. Meiklejohn was definitely interested in the "blu footballs." Over the course of several exchanges Meiklejohn testified that he learned that the illicit Xanax was selling for $20 a pill and he could pick them up at a nearby donut shop on First Street in downtown Pittsfield.
Thus Meiklejohn got to meet 31-year-old Allison Neil, the alleged holder of a very wrong cell phone number. The two met in the parking lot of the doughnut shop as agreed, but, thenn walked to a nearby library parking lot where Meiklejohn said Neil sold him six Blue Footballs. That's when some of Meiklejohn's colleagues swooped in and arrested the woman.
At the time of her arrest, Neil was carrying a small amount of heroin, a syringe and "works" to prepare the heroin for injection.
Her lawyer told the court that the Xanax was properly prescribed to Neil to combat anxiety.
Neil, was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court on charges of possession of a Class E substance with the intent to distribute, distribution of a Class E substance (Xanax) and possession of a Class A substance (heroin). She was ordered held in lieu of $1,500 cash bail or $15,000 surety. She is to return to court August 27.