Crime & Safety

Littleton Oxy Dealer Arrested: Police

Police said plainclothes officers bought drugs from the 42-year-old multiple times during a months-long investigation.

LITTLETON, MA – A Littleton man was arrested and charged with selling opioids at an apartment complex off I-495. Police said plainclothes officers bought Oxycontin multiple times from 42-year-old Raymond Howard during a months-long investigation at the Pondside Apartments on King Street.

Howard faces a charge of distribution of a Class B substance (Oxycontin). He was arrested at his apartment around 9 a.m. Friday, according to police. Officers seized "dozens" of prescription Oxycontin pills during a search of his home, according to a Littleton police statement.

Howard will be arraigned Friday in Ayer District Court.

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