Abijah Williams of Bridgeport, Connecticut, is expected to plead guilty to trafficking fentanyl and cocaine. He faces five to 40 years in federal prison.
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Former Maine woman to serve four years for dealing heroin
PARIS — A former Maine woman identified by officials as the “financial officer” in the largest drug investigation in Oxford County history has been sentenced to serve four years of a six-year prison sentence. Briana Thayer, 29, of Bean Station, Tennessee, was sentenced in Oxford County Superior Court on Jan. 8, more than five years […]
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Buckfield man in Lewiston court on drug charges after car chase
LEWISTON — A Buckfield man who led police on a car and foot chase Wednesday, during which he was found with bricks of cocaine, later told investigators he made his new drug connection while in prison. Joshua Morin, 32, appeared in court Friday on felony drug charges: aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, a Class A […]
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Lewiston woman faces drug charges after 500 pills seized
LEWISTON — A 38-year-old local woman was arrested late Tuesday after police stopped her car on the turnpike and reported finding 500 oxycodone pills hidden on her body. Agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency were joined by state and Lewiston police in arresting Elizabeth Yvonne Young, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman […]
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Massachusetts men charged with drug trafficking in Rumford
RUMFORD — Two Massachusetts men were taken into custody Tuesday and charged with drug trafficking, according to Police Chief Stacy Carter. Police identified the suspects as Joshua Deburgo, 25, of Taunton, Massachusetts, and Hasan Taft, 21, of Boston. Carter said officers seized 24.6 grams of cocaine and cash totaling $1,527. Police arrested Deburgo and Taft following […]
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Industry woman charged with drug trafficking has bail revoked
PARIS — An Industry woman charged with aggravated drug trafficking twice in two months last year had her bail revoked Friday in Oxford County Superior Court after violating bail conditions three times in less than a year. Jessica Pare, 41, and Randy Aron, 41, were among seven people arrested by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency […]
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Hanover man sentenced to 18 months for drug-trafficking in Rumford
PARIS — A Hanover man was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in Oxford County Superior Court to five years in prison with all but 18 months suspended on a felony drug-trafficking charge. Matthew Duka, 26, was arrested in 2017 after being charged with conspiring to import heroin and cocaine from Boston and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Rumford. […]
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Massachusetts man sentenced to 12 years for drug trafficking
PARIS — A Massachusetts man who was identified by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency in 2015 as one of the main drug suppliers to multiple dealers in Oxford County was sentenced Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court to 15 years in prison, with all but 12 years suspended. Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford said that Del […]
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Winthrop man had more than 9 grams of heroin, prosecutor says
AUGUSTA — A 23-year-old Winthrop man appeared in court Monday on a charge of dealing heroin, a day after state police arrested him at The Big Apple store parking lot on Stone Street. Benjamin York was arrested Sunday and held overnight at the Kennebec County jail on $150,000 bail. Wearing a padded anti-suicide smock, he […]
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Former Sweden woman pleads guilty to fentanyl charges
PARIS — A former Sweden woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to bringing 600 doses of the synthetic opioid fentanyl into Maine from Massachusetts in 2016. Gayle Gilmore, 20, of Augusta appeared in Oxford County Superior Court to enter pleas to importing scheduled drugs and criminal conspiracy. In exchange, the state dropped a charge of trafficking fentanyl, […]