LEWISTON — Three people were arrested late Thursday night and charged with trafficking in heroin and crack cocaine. According to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the men charged are: * Corinthian Wright, 31, of Long Island, N.Y., charged with unlawful aggravated trafficking in crack cocaine and heroin. He was transported to the Androscoggin County Jail […]
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Maine joins task force of Eastern states against heroin
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two more Eastern states have agreed to collaborate with four others in investigations of heroin trafficking that often cross state lines. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says Maine and Maryland have joined the task force established last year to pursue drug rings regionally. The task force members have agreed to […]
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Kennebunk man facing more heroin charges
KENNEBUNK (AP) — A Kennebunk man is facing heroin trafficking charges after police connected him to three recent overdoses. Authorities say 27-year-old Christopher Robart has been held at the York County Jail on $25,000 bail for almost a month on an aggravated trafficking in heroin charge, but he has recently been identified as the source […]
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Skowhegan man with 440 bags of heroin faces trafficking charges
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — Police say a Skowhegan man is facing drug charges after a raid on his apartment yielded more than 400 bags of heroin. Darreyl Wright entered no plea to the charges against him in an initial appearance Wednesday in Somerset County District Court. He is being held in lieu of $10,000 cash bail. […]
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Fryeburg police bust Biddeford man with heroin
FRYEBURG — A Biddeford man remains behind bars Saturday after he was caught with 13 grams of heroin in Fryeburg. Fryeburg police arrested Chad Burns, 41, around 12:15 p.m. Friday on Main Street as part of an ongoing investigation, Police Chief Joshua Potvin said. Burns was taken to the Oxford County Jail and is being […]
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Three Mainers, two New Yorkers arrested in Cushing heroin bust
CUSHING — Police raided a house at 18 Cross Road searching for heroin and found what they were looking for, leading to the arrests of two residents, a Rockland man and two men from New York state who brought the drugs to Maine, police officials say. “The search warrant was executed after agents conducted an […]
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New Sharon pair indicted on heroin charges
FARMINGTON — Two New Sharon residents found unresponsive at a Farmington Falls Road residence April 8 were indicted on heroin charges Tuesday. Children at the home called a family member and police to get help. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Tabatha Schoubroek, 29, and Daniel Villacci, 29, each on a felony charge of possession […]
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Fentanyl-laced heroin becoming a factor in overdoses
BRUNSWICK — During one 24-hour period last week, the Eastern Maine Medical Center emergency department treated five patients who had overdosed on drugs. Dr. Jack Nicolet, a physician who works in EMMC’s emergency room, suspects they had all taken too much heroin, and likely heroin laced with the painkiller fentanyl, an opioid 30 times more […]
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Gray couple revived from heroin overdose
GRAY — A man and woman, unconscious and not breathing after apparently overdosing on heroin, were revived Tuesday night after emergency workers administered an opiate antidote, authorities said. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department reported Wednesday that a woman called to say she went to her son’s home on Shaker Road and found her son’s 38-year-old […]
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Heroin overdose investigation continues in Lewiston
LEWISTON — For police, questions remained a day after four people suffered heroin overdoses in the downtown. All four victims survived, but on Thursday, police and drug officials were working to pin down what caused them to fall ill. Lewiston police Lt. Michael McGonagle said investigators were trying to locate the source of the drugs. […]