work as informant led to his murder
Joshua Bressette’s family, friends suspect heroin addiction, work as informant led to his murderBy Adam Shanks, Berkshire Eagle Staff06/28/2014 11:48:23 AM EDTJoshua Bressette will be laid to rest at the family gravestone, which does not yet bear his name because autopsy results have not yet revealed on what day he died.
Still awaiting autopsy reports, Bressette’s family doesn’t know what day he was fatally shot. It’s just one of their many questions that remain unanswered.
Bressette’s **** with three gunshot wounds to the back, one to the head was [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] found by New York Police [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] Department officers during a routine patrol atop the Gun Hill Houses, a public housing project, on May 8.
Police were unable to identify the **** for six days afterward, until his distinct tattoos one on his neck read "live fast, die fast" matched him to those of the 25 year old from North Adams, who was reported missing on May 7.
The time span between when Bressette was last seen in North Adams and his death is murky at best, but interviews with family and friends shed some light on the circumstances that may have led to Bressette’s death.
Bressette, who according to several interviewed was one of the largest heroin dealers in North Adams, gave information to police that led to at least one arrest. According to several sources involved in the North Adams drug trade and who were close to Bressette, that arrest was Bressette’s heroin supplier, and they believe his murder may have been out of retribution.
North Adams Police Det. Mark Bailey, who works with the Berkshire County Drug Task Force, said he would never confirm or deny if a person is or has ever been a confidential informant. Bailey declined to be interviewed for this story. [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] Bressette was offered a deal: Help get drugs off the street or face the charges.
"Josh told me he knew from the start that he had made a horrible mistake by agreeing to do" work as an informant, Waterman said. "The problem was that at the time Josh was in withdrawal and the longer the drug task force kept him, the worse his symptoms of withdrawal became. He told me he would have done anything that they had asked him at this point just so he could leave to get high. I believe that this need to get high cost Joshua his life."
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Bressette’s information led to the arrest of a major heroin dealer in Northern Berkshire County, according to Waterman and other sources close to Bressette who wished to remain anonymous. Bressette went into hiding from late April to early May of this year.
On May 4, less than 24 hours after his return from hiding to North Adams, Bressette was last seen in the Price Chopper Parking lot. The exact reason why Bressette chose to return to North Adams remains unclear, even to some close to him. But many suspect it was to satisfy his addiction.
As reported in The Eagle, a New York Police Department spokesperson has said the NYPD is not investigating the homicide as a kidnapping, possibly meaning they believe he traveled to New York willingly.
"They should have made sure he stayed [in hiding]," said one source familiar with the heroin [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] trade in North Adams who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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