JUN 5, 2023
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Kayla was not there when the incident happened, but testified Adam admitted he stole the guns from a woman named Kim and her husband, Chris.
“All he said was that Kim was passed out and he ended up taking the guns,” Kayla said. “I was kind of upset about it because they’re supposed to be our friends.”
Kayla said she and Kim became friends while working at a Dunkin Donuts franchise. In her testimony, Kayla told the jury she and Adam used heroin and couldn’t remember some details she told police one year ago.
“It’s a fog because I know we were just getting high a lot,” Kayla said.
Drugs and guns are the focus of these key witnesses in Adam Montgomery's weapons trial, months before he's set to stand trial for his daughter's murder.
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The first time she described seeing the “big” guns, she was inside her home. While she was in the kitchen, Adam was in the living room showing off two guns he had available to buy or trade for drugs. She said Mike, Manny and Ish were all with Adam in the living room, when Kevin O’Leary, who she later learned to be Kevin LaBelle, showed up with another guy.
This meeting was weeks after Adam admitted to taking the guns from Chris and Kim’s house. Kayla was upset with Adam for stealing from their friends and upset that he brought guns into their home, which could have landed Adam in trouble for because he was a felon.
On the stand, Kayla said Adam told her about the night he took the guns. He told her while Kim was passed out, he entered the home through an open door, the dog didn’t bark, and he took the guns. Adam told Kayla that later the same night, he went back to Kim’s and woke her to tell her the guns were missing.
Kayla doesn’t remember Adam bringing the guns inside their home, but says she knew he was keeping them in their attic. Weeks later, Adam sold the guns to “two white guys,” who walked out of their home with both guns, Kayla testified. One of these men she believed was Kevin O’Leary, the other was the driver. According to Kayla, Kim called her shortly after the guns were taken and told her about the incident. She said Kim also told her a police report had been filed, and that her neighbors had security footage.