Governor’s WMass aide charged with drug trafficking after cocaine delivered to state building

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Governor’s WMass aide charged with drug trafficking after cocaine delivered to state building
Updated: Oct. 29, 2025, 1:57 p.m.|Published: Oct. 29, 2025, 9:48 a.m.
By Stephanie Barry

SPRINGFIELD — A Western Massachusetts aide to Gov. Maura Healey faces charges of cocaine trafficking after 8 kilos of the drug were delivered to him at the state building on Dwight Street on Saturday, officials say.

LaMar Cook, 45, deputy director for the governor’s regional office in Springfield, will be arraigned Wednesday. ...

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Massachusetts Governor’s Deputy Director LaMar Cook of Springfield fired after cocaine trafficking arrest
Cook is accused of receiving multiple kilograms of suspected cocaine
by: Ashley Shook, Nick Antonakas   
Posted: Oct 29, 2025 / 09:41 AM EDT   
Updated: Oct 30, 2025 / 08:51 AM EDT   

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The deputy director of Governor Maura Healey’s western Massachusetts office, LaMar Cook, was arrested and terminated from his position after several kilograms of suspected cocaine were seized.

The Hampden District Attorney’s Office told 22News that an ongoing investigation is being conducted after multiple parcels were seized that contained a combined total of approximately 21 kilograms of suspected cocaine.

22News obtained the court documents that state two packages sent from an address in Atlanta, Georgia, were intercepted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 8. The packages contained approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine (several imprinted with the word “GOLD”), were being shipped to a guest under the name “Morgan Gordon” at Hotel UMass in Amherst. ...

That led investigators to execute a search warrant on Monday for the office where Cook was employed within the Springfield State Office Building. As a result, Cook was arrested on Tuesday during a traffic stop. Court documents obtained by 22News show that Cook was stopped on Cottage Street and provided the officer with a Georgia license. Due to being a resident of Massachusetts for the last three years, he was issued a citation for the unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

During the same time of the traffic stop, officers conducted a search warrant at Cook’s home on Lamont Street, where police seized a 9MM Taurus G3 pistol and ammunition. Cook does not have a firearm license. The police also seized an undisclosed amount of cash. ...

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