PORTLAND – The former leader of the Maine chapter of the Iron Horsemen was convicted on drug charges Wednesday, along with a pair of associates investigators say helped deal marijuana and cocaine around the Old Orchard Beach area.

Richard Szpyt, 49, of Old Orchard Beach and Haverhill, Mass., Ramon Dellosantos, 39, of Haverhill, Mass. and Sherwood Jordan, 56, of Albany Township were found guilty on charges of conspiracy to distribute marijuana and cocaine.

Szpyt and Jordan also were found guilty of four counts of using a telephone to facilitate the drug conspiracy.

Fifteen others connected with the case have already pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and possession charges and are awaiting sentencing. Another Maine man, Michael Martin, 53, of Limerick, is scheduled to stand trial later. He is accused of buying cocaine for his own use.

Wednesday’s verdict came after days of testimony that involved evidence including wire-tapped conversations, notebooks, photographs and drugs seized during the investigation.

According to prosecutors, the evidence showed that in 2006 and 2007, Szpyt was the president of the Maine chapter of the Iron Horsemen Motorcycle Club. During that time, prosecutors said, Dellosantos supplied kilograms of cocaine to Szpyt who in turn distributed the drug to another Iron Horsemen member.

According to testimony at trial, the cocaine was then dealt to others throughout the Old Orchard Beach area. Prosecutors said Jordan was receiving and supplying marijuana – more than five kilograms of coke and 500 pounds of marijuana – for distribution to others throughout Maine.

Investigators said Szpyt owns a house in Old Orchard Beach that served as a meeting spot for the Iron Horsemen. Prosecutors are seeking to have that property turned over to the federal government.

Jordan and Dellosantos each face between 10 years and life in prison. Szpyt faces a mandatory life sentence because the conviction Wednesday is his third such drug conviction.

The year long investigation began with the York County Sheriff’s Office and grew to include the U. S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.