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WPD’s Neighborhood Response Team Arrests Female for Distribution of Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/4/2026 10:12 am

At approximately 7:49 p.m. on November 3, 2026, the Worcester Police Department’s Neighborhood Response Team responded to Oread Street for a drug violation. They observed a female involved in two illegal drug transactions. Officers approached the female, identified as fifty-two-year-old Jodi Barria of Worcester. She later told officer that she kept narcotics in her bra. Ms. Barria and the two people observed buying drugs from her were placed under arrest. 
Officers conducted a more thorough search of Ms. Barria upon return to the station. They recovered 52 individually packaged bags of fentanyl, along with 28 individually packaged baggies of crack cocaine. A large amount of cash was also found in her purse.
Ms. Barria is charged with Distribution of a Class B Substance (Crack Cocaine), Trafficking Fentanyl in More Than 10 Grams and Trafficking Class B Substance 18G - 36G.