EIGHT ARE ARRESTED IN DRUG RAID AT EVERETT ALDERMAN'S BAR

A bar owned by an Everett alderman was raided by a police task force last
night and eight people were arrested on drug charges, including an Everett
auxiliary police officer.

Alderman Michael Marchese is the owner of McDonald's Cafe on Ferry Street
in Everett, where State and local police, along with federal drug agents,
conducted the raid. Marchese could not be reached for comment last night.
The state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission ordered the bar closed
after the raid, police said.

In a statement, Everett police said the bar was targeted because neighbors
had long complained about "open drug transactions" there. Working
undercover for the past four months, a State Police trooper was able to
purchase cocaine, marijuana, and pharmaceutical drugs at the bar, police said.

Police said those arrested were Carol Marchese, auxiliary police officer
Stephen G. Finocchio, Paul A. Gurriero, Christopher Hooper, Steven J.
Garner, and Joseph A. Ardolino, all of Everett; and Arthur R. Puopolo and
Ronald Whitman, both of Saugus. They face a variety of charges, including
selling cocaine within a school zone.