Crime & Safety

Watertown Police Arrest Man During a Drug Bust

The man allegedly distributed marijuana from a home on Madison Avenue.

A Watertown Police drug investigation bore fruit when a Watertown man was arrested on charges including distributing marijuana.

Watertown detectives, along with members of the Suburban Middlesex Drug Task Force, served a warrant at 139 Madison Avenue in Watertown, and arrested Rogan P. O'Reilly, 20, of Watertown, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn.

Officers searched O'Reilly's home and found marijuana, and can of chemical mace, Lawn said. 

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O'Reilly was arrested on charges of possession of with intent to distribute a Class D substance, marijuana, conspiracy to violate drug laws and possession of marijuana for the mace. The home was near the Cunniff School, Lawn said, which added a charge of a drug violation within a school zone.

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