PARIS – A judge ordered a Byron man to serve two years behind bars for possession of a scheduled drug and unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug.

Glendon S. Whyte, 47, of 388 Swift River Road in Byron, was indicted in Oxford County Superior Court in November 2004 for Class A aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs and two counts of Class C unlawful possession of a scheduled drug.

The charge of unlawful furnishing was submitted in July 2005. On the same day, Whyte pleaded guilty to the two charges, which led to a dismissal of the aggravated trafficking charge and one unlawful possession charge.

Whyte was sentenced to two years for each charge by Judge Carl O. Bradford on Thursday, but will serve the sentences concurrently. No time was suspended and no probationary period was listed.

The charges were filed after a car accident on Aug. 1, 2004, in which Whyte totaled his 1993 GMC pickup by crashing it into the Rumford-Mexico bridge over the Swift River. Whyte and his passenger, Judith Hansen, were hospitalized after the accident.

During the investigation of the accident, Rumford police Sgt. George Cayer discovered drug paraphernalia, including a pipe commonly used to smoke crack cocaine.

Cayer also found Hydrocodone and Oxycodone in inaccurately labeled prescription bottles.

Two days later, special agent Tony L. Milligan of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency was granted a search warrant for Whyte’s residence.

According to Milligan, an informant had been reporting on Whyte to Deputy Robert Grinnell of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office for several months. In February 2004, the informant reported that Whyte used cocaine, sold it out of his motel room and at local bars, and made four trips each week to Massachusetts to pick up cocaine powder.

The report said Whyte had gone to Rumford police in February 2004 to notify them that he was being harassed by two people who had a history of drug possession charges.

Milligan said the complaint, records from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and Whyte’s history corroborated the suspicion of his drug dealing.

Whyte was sentenced to five years in prison in U.S. District Court in March 1989 for possession of cocaine with intent to sell. According to Milligan, he also has prior convictions for forgery, theft, disorderly conduct, unlawful possession of cocaine, and criminal trespassing.