FARMINGTON — A Chesterville man was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison, with all but 18 months suspended, for his part in a methamphetamine manufacturing operation, according to Franklin County Superior Court documents. Jason Fowler, 40, will be on probation for three years after his release from prison. He pleaded guilty to a felony […]
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Two Phillips residents plead guilty to meth lab operation
FARMINGTON — A Phillips man is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 2 on a drug charge for a methamphetamine lab officials broke up on the Rangeley Road in Phillips on July 15. Michael Halle, 46, one of four co-defendants in the case, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs on […]
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Maine DEA gets $905,102 federal grant to target meth labs
AUGUSTA — Nearly $1 million in federal grant funding will be used to hire four new drug agents and specialized equipment for responding to suspected methamphetamine labs. The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $905,102 to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, Gov. Paul LePage announced Tuesday. The competitive grant was the third-largest of $6 million awarded […]
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Man facing drug charges accused of assaulting witness
PARIS — Police said a man accused of manufacturing and selling methamphetamine was arrested Tuesday on a charge of attacking a witness who gave evidence against him. Rodney Levesque, 35, of Hunts Corner Road in Albany Township, was arrested in Bethel on Aug. 12 by an Oxford County Sheriff’s deputy on charges of tampering with a […]
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Bail set for four suspects in Phillips drug lab
FARMINGTON – A District Court judge set bail Wednesday for four people arrested Tuesday on charges from a methamphetamine lab at a Phillips residence on Rangeley Road. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Franklin County Sheriff’s Department discovered materials consistent with manufacturing methamphetamine on Monday night in a vehicle, leading to a search of the […]
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Affidavit says confidential informant led police to Phillips drug lab
PHILLIPS – Maine drug agents had been investigating suspected drug trafficker Jason Fowler of Chesterville since July 9 when a confidential informant spoke to police, according to a Maine Drug Enforcement agent’s affidavit filed with the Farmington court. Fowler, 39, and Michael Halle, 45, of Phillips, Erin Smith, 42, of Phillips and Kimberly Webber, 25, […]
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Judge sets bail for Danforth couple arrested on meth charges after baby’s death
MACHIAS — A Danforth couple charged with manufacturing methamphetamine will receive court-appointed attorneys, a Washington County Superior Court judge decided Monday. Justice Robert Murray also set bail Monday for Allen Richardson and Tabbatha Osnoe, whose infant son died Friday morning and whose mobile home was heavily damaged by fire the same morning. Richardson, 39, and […]
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Police name Gilead man as leader, teacher of meth cookers
PARIS — Police say a Gilead man with an “extensive” multi-state felony criminal record has confessed to teaching his family members, friends and others to cook methamphetamine. David Lee Thompson, 52, was one of eight people arrested Friday when law enforcement agents executed search warrants on homes in Gilead, Greenwood and Oxford along with Albany […]
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Southern Aroostook man tied to methamphetamine lab arrested after police chase
HOULTON — A southern Aroostook man who allegedly amassed more than $10,000 worth of tools during a burglary spree in Littleton overnight was arrested on Friday by the Houlton Police Department. Houlton Police Officer Theron Bickford said Friday that Jesse Sawyer, 31, of Linneus was taken into custody shortly after 2 a.m., after a U.S. […]