BELCHERTOWN – Sonja Farak, the chemist accused of evidence tampering and stealing heroin and cocaine at the state crime lab in Amherst where she works, pleaded not guilty Tuesday at her arraignment in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2012, former drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan was arrested for falsifying evidence recovered from alleged drug busts in the state ...

The Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services has received 500 to 800 phone calls from people with vacated convictions -- commonly known as "Dookhan and Farak defendants" who want refunds, ...

In December 2011, Springfield, Massachusetts police arrested Rolando Penate for allegedly selling heroin, and the drugs were sent off to be tested by then-35-year-old drug lab chemist Sonja Farak at ...

BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Massachusetts prosecutors said Thursday that they will dismiss more than 6,000 convictions tied to a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a ...

Filmmaker Erin Lee Carr’s newest docuseries “How to Fix a Drug Scandal” shines a spotlight on misconduct on several levels but its primary focus is on a Massachusetts former drug lab technician named ...

Sonja Farak was a state drug lab chemist in Massachusetts. Her job at Amherst lab meant she handled the majority of drug related cases at West Massachusetts. Over a period of nine years, Sonja often ...