FARMINGTON — A Livermore Falls man pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing heroin May 29 in Jay. Ricky M. Fetterhoff, 54, entered the plea to the felony charge in Franklin County Superior Court. Three other drug charges, including unlawful possession of crack cocaine and two counts of unlawful possession of prescription drugs, were dismissed in a plea agreement. […]
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Drug agents, police seize large quantity heroin, crack-cocaine in Jay
JAY — A local woman and a New York man are accused of selling heroin and crack cocaine from her apartment on Main Street, according to police. Angie Braley, 37, of Jay and Darnell Smith, 20, of Bronx, New York, were arrested early Monday morning after police executed a search warrant at apartment 1 at […]
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Farmington man charged in suspected heroin overdose in Wilton
FARMINGTON — A local man is accused of providing heroin to a Wilton man who overdosed July 4, according to the sworn statement of Wilton officer Ethan Kyes. Derek A. Martin, 24, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for a felony charge of unlawful trafficking in heroin. A conviction on the charge is punishable by […]
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New Hampshire man arrested on drug charges in Wilton
WILTON — A New Hampshire man is accused of selling crack cocaine and heroin, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. Davian Torres Rodriguez, 27, was arrested Saturday at a home on Masterman Avenue on charges of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, Wilcox said. Police found multiple packages of […]
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Transient accused of trafficking in heroin
FARMINGTON — A transient was charged Thursday with dealing heroin, after he agreed to sell $150 worth of the drug in a police sting operation. A Maine Drug Enforcement agent arrested Scott Edward Towers, 28, on a charge of felony unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs. According to the agent’s probable cause affidavit filed in Franklin […]
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Wilton man pleads not guilty to federal drug charges
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man pleaded not guilty June 27 to a two-count federal indictment in U.S. District Court charging conspiracy to distribute and possess heroin and fentanyl. Dennis Ayala, 55, was indicted by a federal grand jury June 21 on felonies of conspiracy to distribute and possess a controlled substance, namely heroin, and fentanyl, […]
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Paris man charged with selling heroin outside store
PARIS — A Paris man is free on $750 cash bail after being charged with selling heroin outside the Save-A-Lot food store on Main Street. Brandon Jeselskis, 24, was charged with unlawful trafficking in heroin, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. An agent with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency wrote in […]
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Suspect in heroin deal released on bail
AUBURN — The man accused of selling deadly heroin to a woman last week was released from jail Sunday on $25,000 cash bail. Cornell Collins, 49, of 46 High St., was charged with aggravated trafficking, aggravated possession of heroin and aggravated furnishing of a drug that resulted in death. Collins was arrested Wednesday. After making an […]
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Franklin County sheriff: Spike in overdoses alarming
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. issued a public health and safety announcement this week, after deputies responded to three drug overdoses. Two overdoses occurred Tuesday and one on Thursday in New Sharon, Chesterville and Strong. All three people were revived through medical intervention, including the use of Narcan, Nichols said. Earlier this year, police […]
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Maine drug deaths remain high in early 2018, with fentanyl on the rise
The number of people killed by drug overdoses in Maine during the first three months of the year fell slightly from last year, state authorities said Friday. Between January and March, 86 people died of overdoses, down from 89 such deaths during the same time period in 2017, according to the offices of the Maine […]