eat-a-donut
Dough Oh No … or
MagicMarky and I like to wax philosophic about our home town sometimes. We get all misty eyed, thinking of the marshallow cream filled donuts we love at Eat-A-Donut, a holdout of donut shops untouched by “Dunkin’s.” Sadly, I think our days there are over, and our marshallow world has gone down in flames:
LOWELL — Eat-A-Donut has long been known for its tasty marshmallow-filled doughnuts.
But police and city inspectors discovered some less appetizing stuff inside the popular Lower Highlands doughnut shop the other night that prompted Health Director Frank Singleton to close the business until Jan. 24 at the earliest. Police reportedly found:
*More than a dozen hypodermic needles and syringes scattered on the floor and tables.
*Three drops of wet blood on a table where customers usually eat.
“It looks like that’s where they were shooting up (drugs),” Acting Building Commissioner David St. Hilaire said.
* In a device normally used in the doughnut-making process, an electric hot plate, on top of which was a pan that was being used to melt what appeared to be cocaine, St. Hilaire said.
* A man wearing only pants, who was later arrested.
* A 23-year-old woman who was nude. She was not charged. (Another man, this one fully clothed, was also in the shop; he was not charged.)
What they were doing inside the shop wasn’t immediately clear, Taylor said. “It certainly wasn’t nice,” said St. Hilaire.
Police arrested Anthony Vega, 43, of 159 Valley St., Pembroke. He was charged with possession of cocaine. The business, at the busy corner of School and Liberty streets, will remain closed at least until the next Board of Health meeting, scheduled for Jan. 24.