ALFRED — A Buxton man was ordered to spend the next seven years in prison in connection with drug and gun crimes.
On Monday, York County Superior Court Justice Paul Fritzsche sentenced Dale Pinkham Sr., 54, to 14 years in prison, with all but seven years suspended. He was found guilty of three counts of aggravated heroin trafficking and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, following a bench trial at York County Superior Court Dec. 22. Three counts of possession of marijuana
were dismissed.
As well as the prison term, Pinkham was sentenced to serve four years probation upon his release and was ordered to pay a total of $1,545 in fines and surcharges. Pinkham was also ordered to forfeit a firearm and cash seized by law enforcement during an execution of a search warrant.
The aggravated trafficking charges stem from an incident in December 2013, where Buxton police and drug agents seized heroin, about five pounds of marijuana, cash and several firearms from the Pinkham residence on Hurlin Smith Road. Police, investigating an assault, had obtained a warrant to arrest Dale Pinkham Sr. and his son Dale Pinkham Jr., both of Buxton.
Raymond Pinkham, of Gorham, was also arrested that day in connection with the alleged theft of a firearm.
The elder Pinkham was arrested again in October of this year, as Buxton police and Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to serve a search warrant at the Pinkham home for a computer and a handgun, according to a news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Pinkham Sr. was charged with violating conditions of release, endangering the welfare of a child and creating a police standoff.
— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com
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