Worcester Police, Feds Charge Man After Finding Gun, Shrooms

Worcester MA

13 January, 2022

12:40 PM

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WORCESTER, MA — Worcester police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested a city man on Wednesday while searching a home along Bridgeport Street. Police went to the Vernon Hill-area home to search for a 25-year-old man accused of selling drugs. They found the man outside the home and arrested him before searching the building. Inside, police found a gun with its serial number scratched off, plus marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms packaged for sale, Worcester police said in a news release. The 25-year-old was charged with distribution of cocaine, two counts of possession of a gun without a license, possession of a large capacity feeding device, possession of ammunition without a license, distribution of a class D substance and possession of a class C substance, police said.