NORWICH – Michael B. Mack, 26, of Utica New York appeared in Chenango County Court on August 3, 2015 before Chenango County Court Judge Frank B. Revoir Jr. for the purpose of a possible change of plea.

Mack – known by his street name 'Murder' – appeared in court with his attorney Sean Becker, who was filling in for Mack’s original attorney, Alyssa Congdon.

Assistant District Attorney Michael D. Ferrarese spoke on behalf of the people.

Prior to this latest court date, Mack was arrested for and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell in the third degree, a class B felony; criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a class A misdemeanor; and tampering with physical evidence a class E felony. Mack previously entered a plea of not guilty to the top charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

This arrest occurred after a traffic stop in which Mack was said to be the passenger in the vehicle. Mack was found to be smoking marijuana when the driver was stopped on June 5, 2015.

Kristine Tiffany, 31, of Norwich was the driver of the vehicle during the traffic stop. During the time when both Mack and Tiffany were taken into custody, it is alleged that they attempted to conceal crack cocaine on their persons. Mack was found to be in possession of crack cocaine and an amphetamine based substance at the time the arrest was made.

However, Mack is not a new-comer to the Chenango County Court system. According to the New York State Department of Corrections, Mack served state time for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree in 2010.

Mack was also one of the four individuals arrested following a nine-hour, multi-agency search after a reported home invasion burglary took place in the Otsego County town of Butternuts in August of 2014.

According to The Evening Sun archives, Mack was arrested on drug charges four times in 2012. March 9, 2012, Mack was cited for unlawful possession of marijuana. On March 14, 2012, he was charged following a City of Norwich drug bust with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and first degree loitering.

Mack was additionally arrested in November 2012 and was charged with first degree loitering, a class B misdemeanor; seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor; second degree criminally using drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor; criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, a class A misdemeanor; and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.