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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
OFFICE or THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

ONE PLACE
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MARTHA COAKLEY I (6 17) 727-2200
Attorney General 

November 13, 2014

District Attorney David E. Sullivan
Northwestern County District Attorney? 3 Of?ce
One Gleason Plaza

Northampton, Massachusetts 01060

Atm: Steven Gagne, First Assistant

Re: Sonja Farak invastigationf Amherst lab
Dear District Attorney Sullivan:

This Of?ce previously prosecuted Sonja Farah, a chemist who analyzed drugs out of the
Amherst drug lab. Ms. Farak pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to four counts oftheit
of a controlled substanCe from an authorized dispensai four counts of tampering with evidence,
and two counts of possession Of cocaine. During our investigation, this Of?ce provided
documents and reports relating to the prosecution of Ms. Farak. Included in those documents
were the reports by Massachusetts State Police of all evidence seized during the execution of
search warrants. Recently, Judge Richard Carey of Hampshire Superior Court allowed a
Motion to Inspect all Physical Evidence from the Farak case currently in the custody of our
Of?ce. ReSponsive to that request, please ?nd 289 pages of documentary evidence currently in
our custody. This documentary evidence is listed in the police report of Trooper Randy Thomas
that was forwarded to your Of?ce on March 25, 2013. This disclosure is pursuant to this Of?ce?s
continuing Obligation to provide potentially exculpatory information to the District Attorneys as
well as information necessary to your Of?ces? determination about how to proceed with cases in
which related narcotics evidence was tested at the Amherst laboratory.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at (617) 963 ~2489 with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,

John erner

Chief of the Criminal Bureau

Attorney General?s Office
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