PARIS — Two Paris men were arrested Friday in Oxford in connection with trafficking of heroin, according to a news release from the Maine State Police. Norman Hightower, 35, was charged with aggravated drug trafficking and tampering with evidence after officers with the Oxford Police Department and Maine State Police located him inside the Oxford […]
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Mexico man receives fully suspended sentence for heroin trafficking in River Valley
PARIS – A Mexico man was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison with all time suspended for selling heroin in Rumford and Mexico in 2015. Jonathan A. Smith, 29, pleaded guilty to unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs earlier this year. In a plea deal, the state agreed to drop two felony charges of unlawful […]
Mexico man’s bail lowered in heroin-trafficking case
PARIS — A judge at Oxford County Superior Court lowered bail Wednesday for a Mexico man charged with heroin trafficking from $50,000 to $20,000. Bricknell Dorelas, 34, has been in jail since Sept. 23, when he and four others were arrested in a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigation. The others charged were Joseph “Rasta” Kabamba, […]
Oxford man arrested on heroin trafficking charges
OXFORD — A local man faces multiple charges after police searched his vehicle Friday night and found heroin, marijuana and a loaded firearm, police Chief Jon Tibbetts said. Brock P. Leach, 37, of Oxford, was arrested after police found heroin packaged for sale, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a loaded 9 mm handgun in his car, which […]