A Dominican Republic national was arrested and police Chief Joseph Massey said Wednesday that handguns, shotguns and $6,000 in cash also were confiscated from an apartment on College Avenue.
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Jay woman pleads guilty to selling cocaine, heroin
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman pleaded guilty Thursday to selling cocaine and heroin from her apartment at 446 Main St. in Jay on July 30, 2018. Angie Braley, 38, also entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of violation condition of release in Franklin County Superior Court. She had been indicted in October 2018 on […]
Buckfield man in Lewiston court on drug charges after car chase
LEWISTON — A Buckfield man who led police on a car and foot chase Wednesday, during which he was found with bricks of cocaine, later told investigators he made his new drug connection while in prison. Joshua Morin, 32, appeared in court Friday on felony drug charges: aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, a Class A […]
Farmington man pleads guilty to selling cocaine, Xanax
FARMINGTON — A local man pleaded guilty Monday to selling cocaine and anti-anxiety medication from his downtown apartment in January. Judge Susan Oram sentenced Omer Havtan, 21, to serve one year of a six-year sentence, followed by three years of probation on the cocaine charge, and a one-year sentence on the charge of selling Xanax pills. […]
Lewiston sex offender back in prison for drug use
AUBURN — A Lewiston sex offender and false accuser of a Syracuse basketball coach is back in prison after admitting in court Tuesday that he used cocaine in June. Zachary Tomaselli, 30, appeared in Androscoggin County Superior Court, admitting he violated terms of his probation. He was sentenced to nine months and one day in prison. […]
Jay woman, New York man indicted on heroin, cocaine charges
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman and a New York man accused of selling heroin and crack cocaine in July from a Jay residence were indicted Wednesday on drug charges. Angie Braley, 37, of 132 Main St., Apt. 2, Jay, and Darnell Smith, 20, of 212 West Fordham Road 2, Bronx, New York, were indicted by […]
Former Winthrop man sentenced on cocaine charges
AUGUSTA — A former Winthrop man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for aggravated trafficking in both powdered cocaine and cocaine base this spring in Augusta. Shaun C. Campbell, 36, who was known as Shaun Johnson, Kenneth Dixon and Sha, was arrested April 18 during a traffic stop on State Street in Augusta. Campbell was arrested […]
New York and Wilton men face heroin, cocaine trafficking charges
AUBURN — A Wilton man and a New York man are being held on $50,000 cash bail each, after Maine drug agents and state police seized heroin and cocaine destined for Wilton, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Agents from the Western District Task Force and state police seized […]
Farmington men indicted on drug trafficking charges
FARMINGTON — Two local men were indicted Wednesday on charges they sold cocaine from their apartment within 1,000 feet of a drug-free zone in January. Omer Havtan, 21, and Jonathan Toothaker, 22, both of Farmington were sharing an apartment at 164 Broadway at the time, according to officials. Havtan was indicted by a Franklin County […]
Cocaine, pipe found in inmate’s prosthetic leg after drug overdose, police say
AUGUSTA — A Skowhegan woman is charged with unlawful drug possession after she allegedly overdosed in jail and was taken to the hospital, where nurses reported finding crack and a crack pipe in her prosthetic leg. Sonya Marie Engelhardt, 41, who also has an address in Athens, was scheduled to appear before a judge Wednesday […]