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Published
June 29, 2018

Former Maine state trooper could get 18 months in prison for drug trafficking

Jeffrey Linscott of Buxton was charged with aggravated trafficking in fentanyl, trafficking in fentanyl and cocaine, and possession of fentanyl when he was arrested in 2017.
Published
June 22, 2018

Man sentenced in Portland to federal prison for fentanyl trafficking

Rafael Buli, 24, of Lawrence, Mass., gets 80 months behind bars for the drug distribution conspiracy.
Published
June 21, 2018

Westbrook police charge 2 in fatal fentanyl overdose

The charges are in connection with the March 7 death of Steven Reali Jr., 30, of Hollis, who was found unresponsive at a house in Westbrook.
Published
June 15, 2018

Man described as ringleader for New England drug trafficking pleads guilty

The 25-year-old man enters the plea in Rhode Island in a case that resulted in 26 other arrests.
Published
June 10, 2018

Suspect spills fentanyl inside cruiser at Cumberland County Jail

He and a sheriff's deputy had to be medically evaluated after the incident, a jail official says.

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Published
June 1, 2018

Maine drug deaths remained high in early 2018, with fentanyl taking a bigger toll

There were 86 deaths, compared with 89 for the first three months of 2017, but more people died from fentanyl, the powerful synthetic painkiller, than in years past.
Published
May 6, 2018

Authorities release mugshot of Westbrook man they say caused drug scare at jail

Brent Gross, 29, was being booked into the Cumberland County Jail when fentanyl he had on him went airborne, officials say.
Published
April 8, 2018

Maine law enforcement officials warn of bad heroin after overdoses

Nine overdoses are reported across four counties in a single night, and three people have been arrested in Washington County.
Published
March 6, 2018

Five members of same midcoast family arrested in fentanyl bust

The suspects, who are from Warren and Friendship, obtained the powerful synthetic opioid in New Bedford, Mass., according to the MDEA.
Published
February 22, 2018

Drug overdoses killed a record 418 people in Maine last year

The number has doubled in just 3 years as Gov. LePage and other state leaders continue a pattern of slow response to the crisis.