Lisa Ellen Miniutti WILTON — Police have charged a local woman with selling prescription methadone pills and having heroin and cocaine at her residence in a mobile home park off Main Street. A Maine Drug Enforcement agent arrested Lisa Ellen Miniutti, 43, on Monday on Class B charges of trafficking in scheduled drugs and possession […]
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Livermore man attempts to eat cocaine in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE — Police say a Livermore man was handcuffed when he ate cocaine, taken from him as evidence, from the hood of a state police cruiser. Caleb Hupper, 27, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence, refusing to submit to arrest, possession of scheduled drugs, violating condition of release, operating without a license […]
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Wilton woman pleads guilty in cocaine trafficking case
FARMINGTON — A Wilton woman pleaded guilty Monday to unlawful furnishing of cocaine. Crystal D. Taylor, 42, made the plea to the Class C charge in Franklin County Superior Court. A conviction is punishable by up to five years in prison and five years of probation. Assistant Attorney General David Fisher dismissed two Class B […]
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Duo from southern Maine were gambling high, police say
PARIS — Police say two people from southern Maine allegedly caught with heroin and cocaine in their car hit a crack pipe before returning to gamble at Oxford Casino. Daniel Lydon and Angela Ruotolo were allegedly caught on a security camera using cocaine in the casino’s parking lot before joining a game of blackjack on […]
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Wilton police, MDEA arrest 2 suspects after finding cocaine
WILTON — A local woman and a New York man were charged with selling cocaine, after police and drug enforcement agents searched an apartment on Village View Street on Wednesday, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said in a news release. Police arrested Arder Prinkleton, 45, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Crystal Taylor of Wilton on a felony […]
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Lisbon Falls woman charged with trafficking cocaine
AUBURN — A 64-year-old Lisbon Falls woman has been indicted on charges of aggravated trafficking in cocaine and violating bail conditions. Lana Raubeson of 42 Edgecomb Road was indicted by an Androscoggin County grand jury on Tuesday. She was arrested by Maine State Police Trooper Adam Fillebrown at her home on Aug. 18 when Fillebrown […]
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Boston man sentenced in Farmington drug case
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man was sentenced Friday to serve 290 days for selling cocaine base in the Farmington area in 2013. Taurus Allen, 36, of Boston pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful possession of a schedule W drug in Franklin County Superior Court. Allen was living in the Farmington area when Farmington […]
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Bail set for Carthage father, son in heroin case
FARMINGTON — A District Court judge set bail Friday for a father and son from Carthage accused of heroin trafficking at $8,000 cash and $15,000 cash, respectively. Assistant District Attorney Joshua Robbins told the court that evidence led to a search warrant for two Carthage residences, where it appeared a large volume of heroin was […]
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Carthage man charged with trafficking cocaine
CARTHAGE — Maine State Police arrested a Carthage man Sunday after police found 97.6 grams of cocaine, cash and other drug-related items at his residence during a bail check, trooper Randy Hall said. Hall charged John Ellis, 68, with felony trafficking of narcotics and violation of bail conditions. Ellis was out on $50,000 cash bail […]
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Rumford woman charged with drug possession after short chase in Auburn
AUBURN — State police said a Rumford woman was arrested early Sunday following a short chase along Route 4 from Turner to Auburn. Elsa Konopka, 23, was charged with possession of crack cocaine, failing to stop for an officer, possession of drug paraphernalia and operating without a license. According to a written statement from state […]