LEOMINSTER — On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at around 6:00 a.m., Leominster police, along with members of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Federal Drug Task Force and the North Worcester County Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant at Kerri Harrington’s apartment on Pearl Street in Leominster.
(The account and quotations in this article were sourced from the printed Statement of Facts of Detective Jonathan Monahan of the Leominster Police Department and do not reflect any political perspective or personal opinion of News Link Live, which is strictly a business entity.)
On January 27, 2025, the Leominster District Court issued a search warrant for 38-year-old Kerri Harrington and her apartment at 51 Pearl Street, Unit 8, in Leominster. The warrant authorized the search for fentanyl, a Class A controlled substance under Massachusetts law, along with items associated with its distribution.
The search warrant was granted based on probable cause developed during an investigation into Harrington’s suspected fentanyl sales. Throughout this investigation, police say Harrington sold fentanyl to a confidential source on three separate occasions from her apartment on Pearl Street.
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During their search of Harrington’s apartment, police seized the following items from her bedroom:
- 37 grams (gross weight) of a beige, chunky, and powdery substance, believed to be heroin-fentanyl
- 20 grams (gross weight) of a white, chunky, and powdery substance, believed to be cocaine
- 22 grams (gross weight) of blue capsule pills containing a white powder, believed to be MDMA
- Two white pills, believed to be gabapentin
- Six light green pills, with no markings, packaged in a glass container, believed to be a Class E substance
- One orange pill, believed to be Adderall
- Four dark green pills, believed to be hydroxyzine
- One white pill, believed to be Clonidine
- One orange pill, believed to be clonazepam (Klonopin)
- One purple pill marked “L,” believed to be a Class E substance
- Two digital scales
- “Through training and experience, I have learned that drug dealers will possess a scale to weigh the drugs before packaging for distribution,” Det. Monahan said.
- 1 box of sandwich bags
- “Individuals involved in the distribution of drugs utilize plastic baggies as a means of packaging the drugs,” Det. Monahan said. “Furthermore, it has been my experience that boxes of baggies are rarely kept in non-traditional locations in the residence such as bedrooms, living areas and bathrooms.”
“Based on my training and experience, having this amount of narcotics in one’s possession along with the scales and sandwich bags is consistent with the intent to distribute,” Det. Monahan added.
Harrington was subsequently placed under arrest, transported to the Leominster Police Department, and charged with:
- Heroin/Morphine/Opium/Fentanyl, Trafficking in 36 Grams or More, less than 100 Grams (Fentanyl)
- Cocaine, Trafficking in 18 Grams or More, less than 36 Grams
- Possess to Distribute Class B Drug, Subsequent Offense (MDMA)
- Distribute Class B Drug, Subsequent Offense (Cocaine)
- Possess to Distribute Class A Drug, Subsequent Offense (Fentanyl)
- Possess Class B Drug, Subsequent Offense (Adderall)
- Possess Class E Drug, Subsequent Offense (Miscellaneous pills) (five counts)
According to Leominster Police Lieutenant Michael Ciccolini, Harrington appeared impaired at the booking desk, prompting him to call an ambulance. She was cleared and declined medical treatment.
“She did state she was two months pregnant,” Ciccolini added.
Officer Matthew Fallon noted that during booking, Harrington said she was pregnant and admitted to using heroin between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. that morning.
Harrington was scheduled to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. on January 29, 2025, in Leominster District Court.
Disclaimer: If you are wondering why the incident in this story was from January, that’s because I had to file FOIA request(s) to get the court documents for the incident. FOIAs are time consuming.
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