Commonwealth v. Clifford Lawrence

On April 7, 2025, at approximately 6:01 a.m., officers from the Lowell Police Department and the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (“NEMLEC”) executed a search warrant at 61 Pond Street #1 in Lowell, the home of defendant Clifford Lawrence. They recovered firearms, ammunition, crack cocaine, and a large amount of cash. The defendant moved to suppress the evidence seized and statements he allegedly made to police on the grounds that: (1) the police failed to knock and announce their presence at the locked common-entry door to the two-family dwelling; (2) the search was…