LEWISTON — A Bates Street man with a violent criminal history has been arrested after a yearlong investigation, accused of distributing heroin between Lewiston and Bath. Macarthur Taylor, 40, was charged Thursday with three counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, possession of scheduled drugs and trafficking in prison contraband, said Maine Department of Public […]
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Auburn pair arrested on drug charges
AUBURN — Three weeks after gunfire rattled a Newbury Street neighborhood, police arrested a man and woman who live in the house that was shot. Maine Drug Enforcement agents Wednesday night searched a first floor apartment at 14 Newbury St. where they say they found a significant amount of crack cocaine and other evidence of […]
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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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Lewiston couple jailed on drug charges
LEWISTON — A Lewiston couple remained in jail Tuesday night, charged with aggravated trafficking in crack cocaine after they were stopped by state police near the Gray exit of the Maine Turnpike. Tanya Cahill, 27, and William Murchison, 29, were arrested Sunday night after Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents alerted troopers the two were suspected […]