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WPD Vice Squad Officers Arrest Male for Drug Distribution Near Library

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5/6/2025 11:54 pm

On May 6th, 2025, Worcester Police Vice Squad officers were in the area around the Worcester Public Library enforcing drug laws.  At about 11 AM, officers observed what appeared to be a hand-to-hand transaction in a Myrtle St parking lot. 

Officers stopped a female who appeared to be the buyer and discovered what appeared to be crack cocaine. Officers stopped the other party involved in the transaction, thirty-four-year-old Isiah Edmonds, and found what appeared to be fentanyl.  Mr. Edmonds was placed under arrest and charged with Distribution of a Class B Substance (second or subsequent) and Possession of a Class A Substance with Intent to Distribute (2nd or subsequent).