SANFORD — Two Sanford men have been arrested for distributing heroin and crack cocaine throughout Maine’s York County. Police announced Monday that 32-year-old Tommy Lord and 47-year-old Todd Blanchette were charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs. The two men are being held at York County Jail on $50,000 bail each and are scheduled to appear […]
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Woman charged with heroin possession outside Oxford Casino
OXFORD — A Farmingdale woman was arrested early Wednesday morning after police found heroin in her purse while she was parked outside the Oxford Casino. Danielle M. Fredette, 28, was charged with a felony count of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, Class C, in South Paris District Court on Wednesday afternoon. According to an Oxford County […]
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Two charged with selling heroin in N.H.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Police have arrested two people after a months-long investigation into the sale of heroin on New Hampshire’s seacoast. Thirty-year-old Patrick Pickford of Portsmouth has been charged with three counts of sales of a narcotic drug and with possession with intent to distribute. He is out on bail from the state of […]
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Maine Senate amends, approves bill to expand access to anti-heroin drug
AUGUSTA — After unanimous votes Wednesday in both chambers, the Maine Legislature sent Gov. Paul LePage a bill that broadens access to a medication meant to counter deadly overdoses of opiate-based drugs, including prescription painkillers and heroin. Slight changes to the bill that originated in the Senate on Wednesday reportedly will make it more acceptable […]
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Three charged with dealing heroin in Rumford-Bethel area
RUMFORD — Three men accused of distributing an estimated 500 doses of heroin each month were arrested after raids by Maine Drug Enforcement agents and local police on homes in Rumford and Bethel this week. According to a statement released Tuesday by MDEA Commander Scott Pelletier, agents took William Heller, 61, of Rumford, Jason Howe, […]
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Two charged in suspected heroin overdose in New Sharon
NEW SHARON — Two people are charged with possessing heroin following a suspected drug overdose at a home on Farmington Falls Road last week, Sgt. Mathew Casavant of the Maine State Police said in a release. Maine State Police Trooper Keith Barton met with Daniel Villacci, 27, of New Sharon and charged him Saturday with […]
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Maine House OKs expanding heroin overdose antidote
AUGUSTA — After an initial vote in the House, a life-saving drug that can stop an opiate overdose in its tracks could well be on its way into the hands of more emergency responders, law enforcement officers, firefighters and addicts’ loved ones. Despite opposition from Republican Gov. Paul LePage, the House unanimously voted to give […]
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Deal in the works to win LePage’s support for drug that can stop heroin overdose
AUGUSTA, Maine — A deal is in the works to win Gov. Paul LePage’s support for a proposal to make naloxone — a life-saving, overdose-stopping drug — more readily available, said the bill’s sponsor. Naloxone, also known by its brand name, Narcan, blocks opioid receptors in the drug user’s brain, ending the euphoria and effects […]
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Police investigate apparent drug overdose in New Sharon
NEW SHARON — A child called a family member at about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday to report two unresponsive adults in the home at 545 Farmington Falls Road, police said Wednesday. The family member called Franklin County emergency dispatchers to report the situation, Sgt. Mathew Casavant of the Maine State Police said. One of the adults […]
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Maine legislative panel agrees to expand access to heroin overdose drug
AUGUSTA — A bill that Republican Gov. Paul LePage believes encourages a false sense of security for drug addicts but one that advocates say will save lives was approved by the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee on a 7-4, party-line vote Monday. LD 1686, legalizes broader possession and administration of naloxone hydrochloride by a […]