Cash, OxyContin seized in Marshfield drug raid

May 14, 2008 06:01 PM Email| Comments (0)| Text size – +

By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent

Police seized $56,000 worth of OxyContin, a loaded handgun, and a large amount of cash early Tuesday morning from a Marshfield home. Three adults, including the parents of two young toddlers, were arrested on drug charges.

Police raided the Island Street home of Richard Muldoon, 27, and Jeannean Socha, 24, at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.

They found 710 OxyContin tablets – which can be sold on the street for upwards of $70 a pill – and $17,000 in cash in an upstairs bedroom, Marshfield Police Lieutenant Michael McDonough said today.

In addition to the cash and pills, police confiscated a loaded .40-caliber pistol, a car, and a small quantity of marijuana.

Police alleged the couple had been selling drugs on the South Shore.

Muldoon and Socha’s two children were placed into the custody of Socha’s father, police said.

Police also arrested Socha’s 22-year-old cousin Bryan Baron, who had been living with the couple.

Muldoon and Socha face a variety of charges, including possession of OxyContin and possession with intent to distribute OxyContin. Muldoon also faces firearms charges. Baron was charged with possession of OxyContin and an outstanding warrant.

All three pleaded not guilty to all the charges at their arraignment in Plymouth District Court, police said. There were no telephone numbers listed for any of the three in the Marshfield telephone directory.