FARMINGTON — Two local brothers are accused of trafficking in heroin following an investigation and a witnessed transaction, Police Chief Jack Peck Jr. said in a release Friday. Farmington police arrested Jacob C. Gage, 30, on Barlen Street in Farmington late Wednesday night on a felony charge of trafficking in heroin. Police got a warrant […]
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Lawmakers get first look at bill meant to fight Maine’s addiction crisis
AUGUSTA — A trio of legislative committees Tuesday took a first look at a $4.9 million bill meant to increase treatment for drug addicts and put more drug agents on the street to stop the flow of illicit drugs into Maine. But lawmakers already were split on the measure, which would fund 10 new Maine […]
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Drug counselor one of 15 arrested in Oxford County’s biggest drug bust
OXFORD — In what’s being called the largest drug investigation in Oxford County history, a team of more than 20 police officers and drug agents arrested 15 people Tuesday, effectively shutting down a major pipeline of heroin moving into Oxford County. The arrests followed a two-year investigation, and it is the first time in Maine […]
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Brunswick couple charged with selling heroin
BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick couple was arrested Friday by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency after over $16,000 worth of heroin was found in their home. Justin Coffin, 35, and Tara Dry-Cooker, 35, both of 23 Oak St., were both charged by the Mid-Coast District Task Force with unlawful trafficking in heroin after the MDEA searched […]
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Sen. Angus King calls on military to stop heroin from Mexico
“We’re spending a lot of time here talking about the threat of ISIS and in the meantime, we’ve got this other threat that is killing, in my state, two or three hundred people a year,” King said at the nominee confirmation hearing for the new commander of the U.S. Southern Command before the Senate’s Armed Services […]
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Angus King to host round table on painkillers as gateway to addiction
PORTLAND — U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, will host a roundtable discussion on prescription painkillers and the role they play in heroin and other opioid addictions in Maine on Tuesday. King is taking the conversation to the state’s largest city, which has also been hit hard by heroin overdoses and drug-related crimes. The roundtable will […]
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Auburn Police target heroin abuse with public info campaign
AUBURN — A rash of heroin overdoses in Auburn, culminating in five in one week, prompted the city to get more information to the public about treatment and enforcement options. “About a month ago, we had a spate of overdoses in about a week,” Deputy Police Chief Jason Moen said Monday. “They weren’t all deaths, […]
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Wilton driver faces heroin possession charge
JAY — A Wilton man was charged with possessing heroin after a report of erratic driving on Crash Road, Detective Michael Mejia said. Jody Morris, 39, was stopped on Main Street after Officer Stephanie Guillemette found his vehicle shortly after the 2:11 p.m. complaint, he said. Morris failed to produce any identification and could not […]
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Former New Sharon woman sentenced in drug, theft cases
FARMINGTON — A former New Sharon woman was sentenced Friday to serve five months of a five-year prison sentence and to be on probation for three years in a methamphetamine manufacturing case. Tabatha Schoubroek, 30, of Steep Falls pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge of trafficking in methamphetamine and misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare […]
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MDEA investigates possible overdose death of Harrison woman
LEWISTON — State drug agents are investigating the possible overdose death of a 18-year-old Harrison woman who died in Lewiston on Saturday. Matt Cashman, supervisor of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Western District Task Force, said Monday that agency officers were investigating the death of Cassidy Patten. Patten was a 2015 graduate of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High […]