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NORTHBOROUGH – A Sutton man has been charged with trafficking fentanyl.
According to the statement of facts filed in Westborough District Court, on Nov. 29 at 10:59 p.m., Northborough police saw a vehicle parked behind Chet’s Diner. Police said that Dana Bonardi, 42, was the only person in the vehicle, and he was arrested after officers ran his license and learned that it was suspended.
Police searched the vehicle and reportedly found a butterfly knife, bolt cutters, pliers, wire cutters leather gloves and a DEWALT nail tool.
Police said that the nail tool — valued at $249 — was stolen from Home Depot by Bonardi. Officers believed that the cutters, pliers and gloves were used to commit thefts. Heidi Lynn Thompson, 45, of Worcester, reportedly told police that she and Bonardi would steal items to resell them.
Police also allegedly found baggies along with wax paper with a blue powdery residue, an 18 gram plastic jar containing a white powdery substance and a black scale with a white powdery substance; all of the substances were suspected to be fentanyl.
Bonardi was charged with possession of a burglarious instrument, distribution of a Class A drug, trafficking over 10 grams of fentanyl, receiving stolen property and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.
He was arraigned in Westborough District Court on Dec. 2. He will return to court in February.
Thompson faces charges of receiving stolen property, possession of a Class B drug and possession of a Class C drug.
Attorney Michael Gilliatt, who is representing Bonardi, told the Community Advocate that his client is innocent.
