Police: Man tried to hide alleged gang member

A Springfield man spent the weekend in jail after he allegedly hid a fugitive being sought by federal agents in the attic of his Summer Street apartment building Friday morning.
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Published October 16, 2012 in the Rutland Herald Police: Man tried to hide alleged gang member By ERIC FRANCIS CORRESPONDENT WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Springfield man spent the weekend in jail after he allegedly hid a fugitive being sought by federal agents in the attic of his Summer Street apartment building morning. Corey Betit, 22, was released from the courthouse in downtown White River Junction on Monday afternoon after he entered an innocent plea to a misdemeanor count of providing false information to police officers. Several agents from the U.S. Marshals Service and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives swooped down on Park Street early Friday morning looking for Dennis “DJ” Allen, a reputed member of the Satan’s Disciples gang, for whom they had a warrant alleging that Allen was a convicted felon who had recently been in possession of a firearm. Springfield Police Cpl. Chris Norton said that it quickly became apparent that Allen was not home and so the agents and Springfield police began “scouring the area and contacting known associates in an attempt to locate Dennis.” Norton wrote in his affidavit that when he and another officer knocked on the door of Betit’s apartment on Summer Street they instantly heard “a commotion going on near the back” but, Norton said, “nobody answered the door for some time.” Norton said that when Betit finally did answer Allen’s dog was barking away inside the apartment but Betit claimed that was because Allen had dropped it off for him to watch some time earlier and had since left the building. Suspicious, the officers then went next door and talked to a neighbor whose apartment shares a common attic space with Betit’s apartment. Federal agents also arrived and entered the attic through the entrance in the neighboring apartment and discovered Allen inside the small space where they took him into custody. “As Dennis (Allen) was being escorted out of (the neighbor’s) apartment he asked agents if he could get his shirt which had been left in Corey’s apartment,” Norton wrote, adding, “The agents knocked on Corey’s door and retrieved Dennis’ shirt for him.” Corey Betit, 22, of Springfield was released on conditions after he denied charges that he lied to police about hiding a federal fugitive in his attic on Friday. Photo: ERIC FRANCIS PHOTO