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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Car crash leads to meth charges for Danforth man
BANGOR — A car crash on Interstate 95 has led to the arrest of a Danforth man on in methamphetamine trafficking charges. State police investigating the single car crash near the Penobscot-Aroostook County line near Sherman on Tuesday night called the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency to the scene after discovering the driver was in possession […]
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Rising meth use takes toll on addicts, law enforcement
BANGOR — Hitting rock bottom is something longtime Bangor resident Jessica Shaw, a recovering drug addict once hooked on methamphetamine, has done more than once. “I lost everything. Literally everything. Basically what it boils down to is me sitting in a house with my shades drawn, all my curtains drawn, the lights all off and […]
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Emergency responders learn to ID meth labs
PARIS — “These are a problem. These are dangerous. These are going to get people killed,” Matt Cashman said, holding up two innocent-looking plastic soda bottles, one with a plastic tube sticking out the end. Cashman, a supervisor with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, was starting a two-hour presentation on the risks of responding to possible methamphetamine labs to […]
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Maine battles record year for meth labs
A 29-year-old woman with a toddler is busted inside a run-down camper. Two 20-something brothers are caught in a family cabin deep in the Maine woods. A 32-year-old woman in a mobile home tries to run when agents show up. She doesn’t get far. Still more people are discovered allegedly cooking meth in their cars, […]