ROCKLAND, Maine — Three people were arrested on drug possession and trafficking charges in Knox County this week following police raids at homes in Rockland and Thomaston, according to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
Agents also seized more than $17,000 and an assortment of OxyContin 40 and 80 milligram pills, Hydrocodone, Ritalin, Klonopin and Suboxone worth an estimated street value of $8,000, announced Roy E. McKinney, director of the MDEA, and James Pease, supervisor of MDEA’s Mid-Coast Regional Task Force.
Arrested Wednesday were Francis Scott, 64, of Rockland; Ruth Crandall, 39, of Thomaston; and Bethany Overlock, 38 of Owls Head.
On Wednesday, the MDEA, Rockland and Thomaston police and the Knox and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Departments searched Crandall’s residence on Pleasant Street in Thomaston and Scott’s residence on Granite Street in Rockland.
The search warrants were served after a multiagency investigation in recent months revealed that hundreds of Oxycontin pills were being sold in the two counties, according to McKinney and Pease.
Scott was arrested and charged with aggravated trafficking of OxyContin. The aggravated charge was because his home is in a school zone.
Crandall was arrested and charged with aggravated trafficking of OxyContin. The aggravated charge in her case is due to a prior conviction for trafficking illegal drugs, police said.
Overlock was arrested for possession of Aterol, Flexiral, and Clonazepam and for violating conditions of release on a prior domestic assault charge.
Overlock and Crandall where taken to the Knox County Jail. Overlock was released on bail, a jail official said Saturday. He said Crandall was not at the jail Saturday, but he did not elaborate. Scott was bailed from his home after he was arrested.
On 9/13/08 at 5:57 PM,
Johninphilippines wrote:
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Mr. Scott was..."bailed from his home after he was arrested"? I don't get it. You mean to tell me, The police or the sheriff's actually threw this 64 year old trafficker out of his front door? Is he in the hospital now? Is he okay? Well, who cares, anyway...they all should be "bailed" out of their homes! (I know what the article meant to say).
On 9/14/08 at 9:47 AM,
freedomfighter wrote:
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Those are some scary criminals. No wonder the police love this prohibition enforcement;; there is very little actual danger involved. I think kids do all these pills because they can't get beer anymore; beer is regulated so much the kids can't get it.
On 9/17/08 at 10:30 AM,
ske420 wrote:
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once again my comment didnt get posted ,,hurts to see the truth on paper,,,Get these drug dealers off the street,,Mr Scott didnt go to jail cause he talked
On 11/4/08 at 7:22 AM,
Bangorean wrote:
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While it's no excuse, the simple fact that this type of activity is actually a "profit center" for the drug companies is truly sad. The manufacturers of Oxycontin, for example, have to pump out sufficient dosages, and profit from the illicit activity. If there is so much of it in the illicit market, are all of the patients the drugs were prescribed to without their drug? Was it all stolen form pharmacies? WHY is there so much Oxy out there? To simply accommodate the illicit "losses?" It seems to me that limiting prescription amounts of these drugs to patients, so prescriptions have to be renewed more frequently, would only make sense, and stem the unnecessary "overproduction" that only appears to benefit the drug companies (who, by the way, charge over 100% more for their drugs in the U.S. than in anywhere else in the world, being fully protected for such price gouging by Federal Law).
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