5 arrested for drug trafficking
2/3/10 | 12 comments

5 arrested for drug trafficking


By Dawn Gagnon
BDN Staff

ROCKLAND, Maine — State drug enforcement agents, working with several county and local police agencies in the midcoast region, have arrested five people for trafficking in prescription drugs as the result of three separate ongoing investigations in Rockland, Warren and Camden.

“It just happens that they all came together about the same time,” James Pease, special agent supervisor of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Mid-Coast Regional Task Force, said Tuesday.

As a result of the investigations, drug agents seized about $1,800 cash and prescription drugs with a combined street value of about $3,500, Pease said.

The first of the arrests occurred Thursday in Rockland, when MDEA agents and Rockland police executed a search warrant at the home of Kristen Staples, 25.

During that raid, authorities seized more than 60 hydrocodone pills and 33 Suboxone pills, as well as other evidence of drug trafficking, Pease and MDEA Director Roy E. McKinney said in a press release issued Tuesday.

Staples was arrested and charged with one count of trafficking in hydrocodone and two counts of trafficking Suboxone, each of which is a Class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $20,000.

The next two arrests took place on Friday in Warren, when MDEA agents along with Waldoboro police and members of the Knox County Sheriff’s Department and state police executed a search warrant at the home of Dean Feltis, 42, and Shelley Landers, 40, after an investigation into alleged drug sales that spanned several months, Pease and McKinney said.

As a result of that raid, authorities seized about $1,800 cash and other evidence of drug trafficking. Landers and Feltis each were charged with trafficking oxycodone, a Class B felony.

The two remaining arrests occurred Tuesday in Camden, when MDEA agents and Knox County and Camden police executed two search warrants at the homes of Holly Young, 29, and her mother, June Robbins, 50.

Authorities said the mother and daughter had been under investigation by MDEA agents and Camden police for several months. Agents seized 114 oxycodone pills and other evidence of drug trafficking from Robbins’ home and 44 oxycodone pills from Young at her residence.

Robbins was charged with the Class B felony crime of trafficking in oxycodone.

Young’s oxycodone trafficking charge was elevated to aggravated status because her alleged illegal drug transactions were taking place within 1,000 feet of Camden Middle School. Her aggravated trafficking charge is a Class A felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.

Pease said Tuesday that Feltis, Young and Landers all were taken to Knox County Jail in Rockland after their arrests and that all three since have been released on bail. Robbins and Staples were bailed out from their residences, he said.

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On 2/2/10 at 11:49 PM, Michigal wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

A mother and daughter??? And we wonder what's wrong with young people. Nice upbringing, there. :(

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On 2/3/10 at 3:52 AM, Farmer101 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Build more Jails

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On 2/3/10 at 5:25 AM, Justbill wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

being within a thousand feet of a school shouldnt be the deciding factor. penalties should be severe accross the board. Here you have people doing the same thing and one is looking at more time. they should all be looking at 30 years. minimum.

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On 2/3/10 at 6:15 AM, brooks10 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Great job to Rockland and MDEA police.....more trash off the streets for a cleaner neighborhood and town.

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On 2/3/10 at 6:50 AM, Charette wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I say great job too....where do these people get these presciption drug? I blame the Drs....they are to quick to hand out these prescriptions.

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On 2/3/10 at 8:02 AM, confusedmainer wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

give em all about 10 pills..big glass of water, lock em in a room..no phones..buh- bye..i have no use for these dealers..

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On 2/3/10 at 8:37 AM, letterreader wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Strikes me as a supply and demand issue, capitalism at work. The users will just go elsewhere to get their fix. It's us taxpayers who foot the bill for keeping these folks off the streets. Demand remains the same. There will always be users.

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On 2/3/10 at 9:27 AM, irishproud wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Just another huge waste of money. The drug problem is always going to be there and I wish these pathetic law enforcement officers would realize just how futile there job really is. The war on drugs is like a war on dandruff. Pointless and absurd. Law enforcement needs to shift there focus on something that actually matters

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On 2/3/10 at 9:41 AM, Eugene wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

irishproud ..... I wish you would change your code name. I too am Irish and proud...but dismayed at your comments.

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On 2/4/10 at 1:28 PM, Someone17 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

How about if everyone stops believing everything thats in the media.......I know this girl and her Mom, and yes, maybe they weren't totally correct in their choices, but unless you know the ENTIRE truth, dont judge so harshly. These arent "scummy" people, these are very normal people that made some poor choices. They are far from the big bad drug dealer image the media would love you to believe.

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On 2/4/10 at 2:14 PM, PabMainer wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I realize the authorities are most likely building their respective cases but the number of pills reported confiscated here does not seem extreme unless those in possession were not the ones prescribed the meds....if the first case mentioned they "collected" 60 vicoden tabs, about two weeks worth if taken every 6 hours & 33 suboxone pills which again could only be about a months worth conservatively......in the case of the mother & daughter the number of pills collected are conservative amounts if prescribed every 4 hours as necessary.....seems minimal IMHO to be talking trafficking that carries these fines and possible jail time.....hopefully more evidence of a serious nature will be forth coming by our fine reporters.....

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On 2/4/10 at 3:52 PM, Amazed wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Staples? Any relation to Judge Staples?

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