Crime & Safety
18-Year-Old Salem Woman Held After Third Drug Arrest
Kathania Vasquez, 18, of Salem, allegedly sold cocaine to an undercover Salem Police officer last month.
SALEM, MA -- An 18-year-old Salem woman was being held on $20,000 bail after being arrested on drug charges for the third time in less than a year. Kathania Vasquez, 18, of 117 Boston Street in Salem, was arrested last Friday after allegedly selling heroin to an undercover Salem Police officer three times during the month of August. Salem District Court Judge Robert Brennan also revoked her bail from the two previous cases, which are pending.
Vasquez was arrested for cocaine possession in July and illegal possession of a prescription drug in April. She is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 24 for a pre-trial hearing.
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