Crime & Safety

Worcester Police Book Man For Fentanyl Distribution

A man was apprehended for fentanyl distribution late Tusday night.

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Worcester Vice Squad officers detained a man with three active arrest warrants, and he was charged with a slew of drug-related offenses.
Worcester Vice Squad officers detained a man with three active arrest warrants, and he was charged with a slew of drug-related offenses. (Samantha Mercado/Patch)

WORCESTER, MA - On Jan. 7 Worcester Vice Squad officers detained a man with three active arrest warrants in connection to fentanyl distribution.

James Ward, 27, was apprehended near a Gulf gas station by Park and Pleasant Street. Officers found bags of what appeared to be fentanyl in his black Honda.

Ward was arrested for his warrants and Distribution of a Class A Substance, Possession of a Class A Substance with Intent to Distribute and Resisting Arrest.

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