PARIS – Five men were sentenced this week on drug-related charges in Oxford County Superior Court.

Peter Cormier, 55, of 110 Hall Hill Road in Rumford received five years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated trafficking cocaine.

Cormier was one of 10 people arrested after a sweep by Rumford police in October 2006. The arrests culminated an eight-month investigation that involved law enforcement agencies from Rumford, Mexico, Farmington, Oxford County and Franklin County. The state and federal Drug Enforcement Agencies, Maine Department of Corrections Probation and Parole, the United States Border Control, and the New England State Police Information Network also participated in the investigation.

Cormier was indicted by a grand jury in November for the trafficking charges as well as three counts of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, specifically oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine sulfate. The indictment also charged that Cormier was using a 1997 GMC Sierra pickup truck to commit illegal acts, and ordered the vehicle forfeited to the state.

The unlawful possession charges were dismissed due to Cormier’s plea to other charges. He will also serve a three-year probationary period, submit to random drug searches and counseling, and pay a $1,010 fine and $440 restitution.

According to the indictment, Cormier previously was convicted in superior court in 1994 of Class B trafficking of a scheduled drug. It lists the latest offenses as occurring in March and October of 2006.

Kermit Houghton, 55, of 178 River Road in Carthage, was also arrested in the October sweep. He was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison.

James Bigos, 45, of 685 Greenwoods Road in Peru, received a deferred disposition after pleading no contest to a count of Class C marijuana cultivation. A count of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs was dismissed.

Bigos was indicted in October for growing 100 or more marijuana plants. Dr. Rick Marden of Swift River Health Care wrote the court in July to say that Bigos was using the marijuana as “adjunctive therapy for chronic pain.”

Marden said he had not recommended use of marijuana, but had been aware of Bigos’ use of the drug since late 2004.

Sentencing in the matter was deferred for nine months. If Bigos abides by the terms during that time, he may withdraw the plea to the charge, which is currently a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and enter a plea to Class D marijuana cultivation and pay a $500 fine. A Class D misdemeanor is punishable by up to one year in prison.

Tommy T. Paine Jr., 24, of 12 Turner Lane in Paris, pleaded guilty Tuesday to Class B trafficking of cocaine. He was sentenced to two years in prison, with all but 90 days suspended. He will also serve a two-year probationary period, pay a $505 fine, and submit to random searches and counseling. According to an indictment filed in October, the offense occurred in July.

Daniel Elmer Smith, 64, of 16 Cottage Street in Norway, pleaded no contest to unlawful possession of oxycodone. He was sentenced Monday to one year in prison, a two-year probationary period, a $505 fine, 100 hours of community service, and random searches.

Smith was indicted in November. He was found in possession of the drug in August after Norway police responded to a call to his residence.