A Peek Under the Hood

Heroin, Hope, and Operation Tune-Up

Michael Pevarnik

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Rootstock Publishing
26 September 2023

Biography: general; True crime; Police & security services; Organised crime

In 1994, DEA Special Agent Michael Pevarnik opened an investigation with his informant, a Vietnamese refugee who infiltrated a string of drug-dealing auto repair shops in Worcester, Massachusetts. His yearlong case, Operation Tune-Up, solved murders in New York; chased a wily fugitive through Puerto Rico; went undercover with cocaine smugglers in Panama; and, most impactfully, exposed the biggest heroin traffickers the old mill town had ever seen.

When Worcester's Main South neighborhood was given a voice as a crime victim nearly two years after the virtual elimination of heroin in New England's second largest city-a phenomenon that reduced violent crime, stimulated business growth, increased property values, and improved the quality of life-it was the first time in US court history a community was allowed to give a victim-witness statement, declaring what they, not law enforcement, defined as a victory in the war on drugs.

A Peek Under the Hood is a true crime expos� of the case that freed an entire inner-city neighborhood from the perils and decay wrought by heroin trafficking.

By: Michael Pevarnik
Imprint: Rootstock Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 513g
ISBN: 9781578691494
ISBN 10: 1578691494
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 26 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Pevarnik is a retired DEA supervisory special agent. During his thirty-year career, he led the New England Field Division's Mobile Enforcement Team (MET), an elite Boston-based group that deployed to fight drug-related violent crime in communities throughout the six-state region. Visit his website, www.michaelpevarnik.com.