WATERVILLE (AP) — A Maine inmate is facing new felony drug charges after police say he coordinated drug trafficking in Waterville from jail. Three other people also have been arrested. Thirty-one-year-old Mark Hilliard, of Bronx, N.Y., was charged Friday with illegal importation and conspiracy and aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs. Based on a tip, police […]
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NY man sentenced to 10 years for selling drugs in Waterville
PORTLAND — A New York man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for his role in trafficking drugs in Maine. Havier Olmo, 30, was sentenced in the Cumberland County Courthouse for the Kennebec County Superior Court case. He also must pay a $2,000 fine, according to Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney. Olmo […]
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LePage meets with Maine police on state’s drug crime problems
AUBURN — Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Friday he would be advancing a package of legislative proposals and other actions to help combat drug-related crime. LePage said he would work to see that infants born drug-dependent would be removed from their parents’ custody. In 2013, 835 babies were born drug-dependent, largely from the abuse of […]
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Drug crime still challenge for county police
PARIS — Despite progress in the past year, drug crime remains one of the top challenges faced by municipal police departments, at least in southern Oxford County, officials said this week. Representatives from Oxford, Fryeburg and Paris police departments met with Oxford County commissioners and members of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday at the […]
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Man charged with drug possession outside Oxford Casino
OXFORD — A Standish man was charged with heroin possession after police found him semi-conscious in his vehicle at the Oxford Casino on Saturday night. Michael J. Lafollette, 32, is accused of possessing illegal drugs and violating probation. According to Oxford police Chief Jon Tibbetts, officers responded to the casino on Route 26 after security officers […]
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One-time pot smuggler now practices law in Boston
PORTLAND — Twenty-five years ago this Friday, Maine’s most infamous drug smuggler received a headline-making criminal sentence that many considered a slap on the wrist. While several members of his marijuana-importing business were sentenced to years in prison, Harvey Prager lived in his Portland home with his wife and children and took care of dying AIDS […]
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Trio of known criminals arrested in connection with Orrington, Glenburn armed robberies
BANGOR — Three men with criminal records are behind bars in connection to two armed robberies and an attempted armed robbery earlier this month in Glenburn and Orrington, Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross said Friday. Drug addiction is behind the brazen armed robberies, Ross said. “Illegal drug use in the state of Maine is driving […]
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MDEA agent says dealers selling bath salts labeled as ‘Molly’
BANGOR — Drug dealers in the Bangor area and beyond are deceiving their customers by selling synthetic bath salts and calling it “Molly,” which is the nickname for the primary ingredient in the hallucinogenic substance Ecstasy, an agent with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said Friday. “They’re calling it Molly, and a lot of people subsequently […]
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Auburn council approves synthetic drug ban
AUBURN — Councilors approved a ban on synthetic drugs, despite a last-ditch effort by Councilor Joshua Shea to derail it. “We are being asked to create a law here, and it’s not just an ‘I hate drugs’ yes vote,” Shea said. “This has some repercussions. It’s a big deal.” The new city ordinance is designed […]
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Vassalboro man indicted after police find 1,000 prescription pills, 8 pounds of marijuana
AUGUSTA — A Vassalboro man who police allegedly found with more than $20,000 worth of drugs was one of 29 people indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury on Thursday. Shane Leslie Wood, 46, was indicted on a Class A charge of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and on two counts of Class C aggravated […]