A 29-year-old man was arraigned Monday on prices of dealing heroin out of the Macy’s in Downtown Boston, the Suffolk district lawyer’s workplace stated.
Edison Arias, of Dorchester, is charged with trafficking heroin underneath 200 grams, distribution of a Class A substance, and larceny underneath $1,200, the Suffolk district lawyer’s workplace stated in an announcement. He was held in lieu of $10,000 bail following his arraignment within the central division of Boston Municipal Court docket and ordered to put on a GPS monitoring gadget if launched, prosecutors stated.
An lawyer for Arias couldn’t instantly be reached for remark Monday night.
Officers responded to the Macy’s at 450 Washington St. about 1:30 p.m. Friday after safety employees allegedly noticed Arias dealing medicine and making an attempt to steal a shirt, prosecutors stated. Once they arrived, officers searched Arias and located 118 grams of heroin, $288, and two cellphones, in keeping with the assertion.
Arias is scheduled to look in court docket on Aug. 18 for a possible trigger listening to, prosecutors stated.
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