Worcester Man Arrested for Trafficking in Crack Cocaine

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

GoLocalWorcester News Team

A Worcester man was arrested on Memorial Day morning in the area of Main and Hammond Street for trafficking in 30 grams of crack cocaine.

Keith Taylor, 46, of Worcester has been charged with trafficking in a Class B substance 18-36 grams (Crack Cocaine) and distribution of cocaine (2nd or subsequent offense).

He will be arraigned at the Worcester District Court on Tuesday, May 30.

The Incident

On the morning of Monday, May 29, several members of the Worcester Police Vice Squad were conducting surveillance in the May Street and Dewey Street neighborhood due to numerous recent complaints of open-air drug dealing in the area.

At approximately 9:30 a.m., officers were watching a dark blue Ford F-150 that had been driving around the area. They developed probable cause that the driver of the car, later identified as Taylor had been distributing crack cocaine in the area.

Officers stopped the car near Main and Hammond St. Officers were able to recover a large sandwich bag from Taylor's front sweatshirt pocket. Inside the bag were two separate bags containing approximately 30 grams of crack cocaine. Officers also recovered a wallet containing $490. Separate from the money in his wallet, Taylor had $40 and an additional $35 folded in his front pants pocket.