WEST BATH — West Bath resident Mickey Gilley, 34, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to distributing heroin and fentanyl. Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy states that, according to court records, on Sept. 20, 2016, Gilley obtained heroin mixed with fentanyl from a Portland supplier. Later that day, Gilley distributed some of the mixture to a person in West Bath who consumed it and died as a result.
Gilley faces up to 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine and up to life on supervised release.
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Sagadahoc and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Offices, the Maine State Police and the Maine Attorney General’s Office investigated the case.
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