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Search Warrant Leads to Gun, Drug Charges in Worcester

By Tom Marino | June 10, 2022
Last Updated: June 10, 2022

WORCESTER – Officers with the Worcester Police Gang Unit arrested two individuals on Seymour Street after serving a search warrant on Friday, June 10.

Officers entered the residence around 6 AM as a woman threw a plastic bag out of a window, according to the Worcester Police Department. Officers found the bag, which appeared to contain cocaine.

Inside the residence, officers also discovered a loaded handgun.

The woman, Karla Pimentel, 31, and the resident, Juan Toro-Santiago, 27, of Worcester, both face the following charges.

  • Trafficking in a Class B Substance over 200 Grams;
  • Possession of a Large Capacity Firearm;
  • Possession of a Firearm without an FID Card;
  • Possession of a Large Capacity Feeding Device;
  • Possession of Ammunition without an FID Card; and
  • Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony.

Pimentel also faces a resisting arrest charge.

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