Piece on a Story Released by Boston Police Department

Crack in Crack Causes Arrest of One

By Estefania Souza

BOSTON—William A. Cobb, Jr. was taken into custody by Boston Police Department yesterday for alleged drug dealing. The 25-year-old Boston resident was charged with drug distribution and selling drugs near a school zone after being caught with cocaine in his buttocks, said the police department.

A plastic bag containing ten individually wrapped packets and eight separate pieces of cocaine was retrieved by a doctor from the suspect’s buttocks, said officials. Cobb was searched under a warrant after refusing to allow a body search despite the plastic bag protruding from his behind, the police department said. Following the body search, police confiscated the drugs, along with more than $500 of what officials believe was drug sales revenue.

Officials first observed Cobb outside a store near Boylston St. The suspect was participating in a drug deal, officials claimed, with two other men. After the incident, Cobb was followed until Tremont Street, where he and his companion were arrested. Both men were taken to the police station suspected of drug dealing. Cobb was further examined and charged for the previous charges. He will be arraigned tomorrow at Boston Municipal Court.

Cobb’s accomplice, whose name was not released by authorities, was given an outstanding warrant.

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