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February 17, 2010

12 plead guilty to pot trafficking

By Trevor Maxwell tmaxwell@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer

PORTLAND — All 12 defendants in a major federal drug trafficking case have agreed to plead guilty to their roles in bringing more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana into Maine.

The agreement between prosecutors and Sean McKoy – the last of the defendants to change his plea – was filed today at U.S. District Court.

McKoy, of Waterbury, Conn., agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a recommendation by the prosecutors that he receive 10 years in prison, the minimum mandatory sentence for a drug conspiracy conviction.

The other defendants have either pleaded guilty or await hearings to do so, according to court records.

Those defendants are Adolphus Edwards of Waterbury, Conn.; Hal McKoy of Waterbury, Conn.; Russell Fitzgerald of Manchester, Conn.; Cory MacDonald of Arundel; Patrick Mullen of South Portland; Craig Kimball of St. Albans; Robert Dall of Westbrook; Thomas Dyer of Brunswick; Dennis Taylor of Topsham; Ronald Waterman of Island Falls; and Arthur Moreau of Ripley.

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