Waltham Man Faces Charges After Allegedly Selling Heroin at Downtown Boston Hotel

WALTHAM, MA -- A Waltham man is facing charges in connection with possessing illegal guns, and selling heroin, while staying at the Westin Hotel in downtown Boston, said authorities.

Wendy Joseph, 23, was arrested last week after leaving the hotel, and possessed 40 grams of heroin, a loaded semiautomatic gun, and $1,740, said the Suffolk district attorney.

He was arraigned on Thursday, with bail set at $2,500 and ordered to undergo GPW monitoring, as well as a curfew.

According to prosecutors, Joseph is currently on probation on a 2015 conviction for assault and battery.

Prosecutors say that on Dec. 30, Boston Police conducted surveillance at the Westin Hotel after they received detailed information regarding two suspects distributing drugs.

After police spotted three people from Somersworth, NH, exhibiting signs of drug dependency as they entered and exited the hotel without any luggage, officers followed them and stopped their vehicle. The three admitted to buying heroin at the hotel from a person who called himself “Hercules Jesus.” A 22-year-old woman in the car turned over a small bag of heroin to police.

Officers approached the two men matching the suspects’ description, and later identified Joseph and an 18-year-old Cambridge man when the two left the hotel and walked to the area of Dartmouth and Termont streets.

Joseph was found in possession of a.22 caliber Jennings semiautomatic handgun loaded with five rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber, as well as a medium-sized plastic bag of heroin and 18 smaller bags of heroin weighting a total 39.7 grams, prosecutors said. He was carrying $1,740 at the time of his arrest.

His companion was found in possession of a smaller quantity of heroin and will be summonsed to court on a later date.

Joseph was represented for bail purposes by Tracy Dudevoir. He returns to court Jan. 28.