Police said Mayo and 5 other suspects arrested at 55-57 Clifton Ave. made drug deliveries throughout Springfield and also sold crack and heroin right from the dwelling.
SPRINGFIELD – Jermaine Mayo, an admitted drug dealer who also pleaded guilty to keeping guns and ammunition at a storage facility in Agawam, must serve 12 years in state prison.
The sentence was imposed on Tuesday in Hampden Superior Court for Mayo, 28. He pleaded guilty before Judge C. Brian McDonald to a total of 11 charges.
Mayo was among six people arrested at 55-57 Clifton Ave. on April 15 when city police raided the duplex. At the time, police said the suspects made drug deliveries throughout the city and also sold crack and heroin right from the dwelling.
City police then alerted Agawam police they had information that Mayo had drugs in a storage facility on Springfield Street in Agawam. A warrant was obtained for a unit at Uncle Bob's Self Storage, which was leased to a co-defendant, Rosenett Ojeda, also of 55 Clifton Ave., police said.
In a raid at the storage facility, officers found four weapons, a number of different types of ammunition and packaging materials for drugs. The guns included two 9 mm semi-automatic pistols, a .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol and a .38-caliber pistol, according to court records.
Mayo pleaded guilty to four counts of carrying a firearm without a license, three of illegal possession of ammunition and a single count of receiving stolen property in connection with one of the guns.
He also pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute and other charges.
Under an agreement with the prosecution Ojeda, 21, was placed on pre-trial probation for three years. If she successfully completes it, charges brought against her in connection with the guns and drugs will be dismissed.
The cases of four other co-defendants in the drug case are pending.