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At about 10:00 AM on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, members of the City Wide Drug Control Unit along with the District B-2 (Roxbury) Neighborhood DCU executed three search warrants—one for the person of suspect 58-year-old Willie Wilkerson of Dorchester, one for his residence on Baker Avenue, and one for the Mission Church and Victoria’s Kitchen Food Trailer located in the area of 266 Quincy Street where Wilkerson is the pastor and owner.
As a result of the warrants, officers recovered the following:
-34 grams of crack cocaine
-11 grams of fentanyl
-50 Percocet pills
-87 Suboxone strips
-32 Clonopin pills
-Approximately $10,400 in US currency
Also located on the property were items recently reported stolen in a breaking and entering incident, as well as items belonging to an excavating company. The total value of these items was approximately $20,000.
Wilkerson was arrested and charged with Trafficking Class B Drugs, Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B Drugs, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Class C Drugs. The incident remains under investigation and additional charges may be pending. Wilkerson will be arraigned on Wednesday May 3 in Roxbury District Court.
