Two women held on $15,000 bail after Mass & Cass crack cocaine, fentanyl bust
BOSTON, September 12, 2025 – Two women arrested for dealing crack cocaine in the Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard area of Boston are being held on $15,000 bail and one has had her bail revoked on open cases, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.
BREANNA JAMES, 33, of Mansfield was charged in BMC Central Thursday with distribution of a Class B substance, trafficking fentanyl above 10 grams, possession of Class B substance with intent to distribute, and conspiracy to violate drug laws. Judge Paul Treseler set $15,000 bail and ordered Evans to return to court October 6 for a probable cause hearing.
AMNESTY DAVIS, 43, of Dorchester was charged with distribution of a Class B substance and conspiracy to violate drug laws. Treseler ordered $15,000 bail and revoked Davis’s bail on open cases in Boston, Quincy and Worcester. Davis will also return to court October 6.
At about 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday officers of the Boston Police Area D-4 Drug Control Unit were monitoring the area near Massachusetts Avenue and Albany Street when they witnessed an apparent drug transaction between two women, later identified as James and Davis, and a third woman. Officers stopped the third woman, who told them that she had just purchased $10 worth of crack cocaine from James and Davis.
Officers continued surveillance of James and Davis and determined they were working in tandem to sell drugs. When officers moved in to arrest the pair they found $10 in Davis’s left hand and $100 from James’s bra. A further field search yielded 40 plastic bags of crack cocaine and 20 plastic bags of fentanyl from James’s bra and her pant pockets.
During booking officers found another $350 in James’s bra.
The woman who purchased the crack cocaine from James and Davis will be summonsed into court on a charge of possession of a Class B substance.
Davis has default warrants out of Quincy for shoplifting, Worcester for intimidation of a witness, and Boston for trafficking a Class A substance.
Hayden’s office is working with the Boston Police Department, Mayor Michelle Wu’s office and other partners to address drug dealing, congregate drug use, human trafficking and other crimes in the Mass and Cass area. Along with prosecuting serious offenders, Hayden’s office has established the Services Over Sentences program to provide housing, drug treatment, job training and other services to lower-level offenders to help them get out of Mass and Cass and the surrounding neighborhoods.
“We are very aware of what’s happening in this area and we’re bringing a mix of tough enforcement along with effective services to reduce troublesome activity and improve neighborhood quality of life. These defendants provide a good example of what will happen to serious offenders when they’re caught. I’m grateful for the police work here and I can assure residents that these offenders and others like them will be held accountable,” Hayden said.
Hayden noted that James is from Mansfield, which he said reinforces the reality of criminal activity at Mass and Cass being a regional and statewide problem, not just a Boston problem.
“We time and again see offenders in this area who are not from the area, or Boston, or even Suffolk County. It’s time that we recognize this situation for what it is—a problem for everyone to be concerned about and involved in, not just a problem to be addressed solely by local authorities,” Hayden said.
All charged individuals are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office serves the communities of Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. The office handles more than 20,000 cases a year. More than 160 attorneys in the office practice in nine district and municipal courts, Suffolk Superior Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Supreme Judicial Court, and the Boston Juvenile Courts. The office employs some 300 people and offers a wide range of services and programs for anyone encountering the criminal justice system. We are committed to educating the public about the services we provide while focusing on crime prevention to keep the residents of Suffolk County safe.
James Borghesani, Chief of Communications