Crime & Safety
Target Of Drive-By Shooting By Clarke School Arrested: Police
Police recovered hundreds of pharmaceutical grade pills during a raid of the 37-year-old Swampscott man's apartment Friday morning.
SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Hundreds of pharmaceutical grade pills were found during a raid of a Swampscott man's apartment Friday morning. Joseph Graciale, 37 was arrested when state and local police executed a search warrant on his Stetson Ave. home.
Police said Graciale was the target of the drive-by shooting in September near the Clark School. That case is still under investigation.
Graciale's Stetson Ave. home was the subject of numerous complaints about drug activity, police said.
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Graciale will be charged with possession with intent to distribute Class B and Class E drugs. Additional charges may follow, police said.
He will be arraigned at Lynn District Court Friday.
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