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Maine meth labs 2015
Use the arrows to read about the arrests for methamphetamine trafficking in Maine.
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August 13, 2015: East Millinocket
81 Main StreetArrested: Nicholas Champagne, 23, of East Millinocket
Champagne was arrested while out on bail from an arrest in July for meth possession. During a routine bail check, officers noticed items associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine. The apartment where Champagne was arrested was the scene of arrests for meth production in October 2014. -
June 26 and 29, 2015: Ludlow
Ludlow Road
Read Houlton area meth chemical accident leads to 2 arrestsArrested: James Anthony, 30, of Ludlow and Kayla Nason, 25, of Houlton
Anthony and Nason were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine after Nason was taken to the hospital and treated for burns caused by accidental exposure to toxic chemicals.The search and seizure of a vehicle with evidence of a meth lab led to the two arrests. -
From top left and clockwise: Mataya Gardiner, Gary Gardiner, Crystal Cameron, Jesse Case, Bruce King and Earl Little Jr. Not shown: Toni Bulley
June 17 – 29, 2015: Houlton
Columbia Street
Read Six more charged in Houlton meth operationArrested: Toni Bulley, 48, Jesse Case, 29, Earl Little Jr., 25, Crystal Cameron, 29, Mataya Gardiner, 21, and Bruce King, 36, and Gary Gardiner, 59
After Bulley was arrested, an investigation uncovered the names of others who were charged in connection with Bulley’s meth lab operations in a Columbia Street apartment. -
April 25, 2015: Standish
1 Woodland Avenue
Read Maine siblings removed from home for third time in drug casesArrested: Timothy Schoubroek, 32, and Tressa Sprague, 35
Responding to reports of a family disturbance, Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies saw a suspected meth lab. Officials found that five children were living in the house with their grandmother. Two of the children had recently been removed from their New Sharon home after officials arrested their parents in March of this year for manufacturing meth. -
April 9, 2015: Linneus
Route 2A
Read Meth lab bust in Linneus, 2 arrestedArrested: Alan Gilotti and Nicole Hall, both 28
MDEA dismantled a meth lab after receiving a tip from Department of Health and Human Services that a four-year-old was living in the mobile home. No one has been charged in connection with the meth lab. Gilotti was charged with violating bail conditions stemming from a previous meth arrest and Hall was charged with possession of methamphetamine. -
March 27, 2015: New Sharon
45 Farmington Falls Road
Read New Sharon couple arrested again on drug chargesArrested: Daniel Villacci, 28, and Tabatha Schoubroek, 30
Acting on a tip from the Farmington PD, MDEA agents and Franklin Co. Sheriff’s deputies found evidence of a meth lab at the Farmington Falls Road house. Two young children were living at the house. Villaci and Schoubroek were arrested a year ago at the same address when two children came home from school and found them unresponsive. The couple had overdosed on heroin. -
March 19, 2015: Ellsworth
153 State Street
Read Maine drug agents dismantle suspected meth lab in EllsworthArrested: No arrests
During a bail check on a resident of a State Street apartment on March 18, officers saw what they believed to be material used to make meth. All apartments in the building were evacuated. The MDEA’s clandestine lab team and Ellsworth officers entered the apartment the next morning with a search warrant. -
March 11, 2015: Brunswick
250 Bath Road
Read Maine drug agents say Brunswick man was making meth in his carArrested: Aric J. Hall, 34, of Brunswick
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency officers approached Hall’s car which was in the parking lot of the Lowe’s on Bath Road in the early evening. Hall told the agents that there was an active meth lab in his car. Hall was arrested and taken to Cumberland County Jail. After a search warrant was issued, agents removed the one-pot lab from the car and destroyed the hazardous materials.
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Top to bottom: Carter, Morse, LevesqueMarch 4, 2015: Lebanon
Gilbert Farm Road
Read Three charged with making meth in Bar HarborArrested: Joy Levesque, 40, of Bar Harbor; Elwood Carter, 48, and Melissa Morse, 46, both of Surry
Bar Harbor police and Maine Drug Enforcement agents arrested the occupants of the Gilbert Farm Road residence on bail violations and on an outstanding warrant. After the house was searched and officers found evidence of methamphetamine production, Levesque, Carter and Morse were charged with Felony , Class B Trafficking in Schedule W Drugs.
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L to R: Dana Lovely, Caren PolkFebruary 10, 2015: Lebanon
Read Lebanon residents face charges in meth lab investigationArrested: Dana Lovely, 39, and Caren Polk, 52
Maine Drug Enforcement agents and state troopers executed a search warrant at the Hersom Lane residence of Lovely and Polk. They found a number of one-pot meth labs and immediately removed the two from the residence. The next day the MDEA sent a special team into the home to dismantle the labs.
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L to R: Hilary Walker, Owen Adair, Ryan RairdonJanuary 7, 2015: Vinalhaven
Read Three charged with meth trafficking on VinalhavenArrested: Hilary Walker, 20, and Owen Adair, 23, of Vinalhaven and Ryan Rairdon, 25, of Houlton
Prompted by a complaint about a possible meth lab, Knox County Sheriff’s deputies confirmed that a meth had been manufactured in shed on the island. Adair, Rairdon and Walker were charged and transported to Rockland by the Maine Marine Patrol. The investigation expanded to Overlook Hill Road in Union and is ongoing.
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