PORTLAND — A corporation was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine Thursday in federal court for allowing a tenant to use a Lewiston building to grow marijuana illegally. Matthew Fournier appeared in U.S. District Court as the agent for Willie Mo Entertainment Inc. LLC, which owned a building at 29 Avon St. in Lewiston. According […]
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Lewiston man admits to drug charge from federal Twin Cities pot raid
Richard “Stitch” Daniels was one of more than a dozen Twin Cities area defendants snared in 2018 marijuana raid.
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Vermont man gets probation, fine for buying Maine pot
Charles Caliri, 71, of Woodstock, told the judge he had “no excuses” for his actions.
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Accounting firm sentenced and fined $15,000 in connection with pot bust
An accounting firm was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland for failure to file cash transaction forms related to an illegal marijuana growing operation.
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Auburn man pleads guilty to charges from federal pot raid last year
Prosecutors dropped more serious charges against Timothy Veilleux in exchange for his pleas, including two of his Lewiston businesses where pot cultivation occurred.
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Defendants seeks dismissal of drug charges from pot raids in Lewiston and Auburn
The men from Greene and Auburn and a Portland company argue they complied with Maine’s medical marijuana law and can’t be prosecuted by feds.
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Judge to mull evidence seized in federal pot case
The Boston man charged with attempting to possess and distribute marijuana was one of more than a dozen suspects named in a federal pot raid in the Twin Cities in 2018.
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Licensed drug counselor pleads to conspiracy in marijuana raid
The certified drug counselor admits to federal charge punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
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Greene man snared in fed’s pot raid gets new charge
Daniel Poland was charged with lying on a federal gun application form while he was free on bail in connection with 2018 Twin Cities pot raid
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Boston man denies drug charges in Lewiston-Auburn pot raid
PORTLAND — A Boston man denied a federal charge Thursday in connection with what investigators who rounded up more than a dozen suspects called a major drug operation in the Twin Cities that sold surplus medical marijuana out of state and to non-patients. Yehudi Pardo, 33, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a […]