Crime & Safety

Worcester Police Charge Man With Distributing Drugs

A man was charged with a pair of drug-related offenses after Worcester Police witnessed an apparent drug deal.

Worcester Police charged one man with a pair of drug-related offenses.
Worcester Police charged one man with a pair of drug-related offenses. (Samantha Mercado/Patch)

WORCESTER, MA - On the morning of Thursday, Jan. 23, Worcester Police saw a drug deal between two men by King and Shepard Street.

Officers stopped the man who bought the drugs and found several baggies of crack cocaine. He was charged with possession of crack cocaine and will be summoned to court at a later day.

The police then stopped Warren Collins, 21, on King Street. They found crack cocaine and pills containing Oxycodone - the latter of which is illegal to have without a prescription.

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Collins is charged with Distribution of a Class B Substance and Possession to Distribute a Class B Drug.

Read the full press release issued by the Worcester Police Department issued here.

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