An alleged drug dealer’s mother inadvertently handed Boston Police more evidence against him when she provided them with a pair of his pants following his arrest, not knowing they contained 24 bags of cocaine and heroin, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.
After arresting TRAVIS CURRY (D.O.B. 9/16/85) in a hand-to-hand plainclothes narcotics transaction in the foyer of his Tremont Street apartment building on the chilly afternoon of Feb. 9, Boston Police were approached by his mother. Because Curry was wearing shorts at the time, the officers asked her if she wanted to retrieve some warmer clothes for him to wear back to District B-2.
Curry’s mother agreed to do so and went with an officer to her apartment, where she handed the officer a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans. The officer felt a hard object inside the jeans. Looking inside, he found a large folding knife, nine bags of crack cocaine, and 15 bags of heroin.
Curry was arraigned today in Suffolk Superior Court following his April 20 indictment on charges of distribution of a Class A substance, possession with intent to distribute Class A and Class B substances, and violating the state’s drug laws within 1,000 feet of Madison Park High School. Curry faces enhanced sentences as a second or subsequent drug offender.
Assistant District Attorney Joseph Janezic of Conley’s Gang Unit recommended that Curry be held on the $2,000 cash bail set at his prior arraignment in Roxbury District Court. He also recommended that Curry be ordered to stay away from Madison Park High School property and the Ruggles MBTA station, where Curry allegedly directed the undercover officer to meet him prior to their encounter on Tremont Street.
Clerk Magistrate Gary D. Wilson imposed the bail order and order to stay away from Madison Park; he did not impose the order barring Curry from Ruggles but did order that he visit the station only to use public transportation and not to loiter there.
Curry was represented by attorney Bruce Bono. He will return to court on June 20.
