BANGOR, Maine — Two New York City men pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to drug charges stemming from a raid in November on neighboring apartment buildings on Ohio Street and a Garland Street residence.

Luis “Animal” Gonzalez, 27, of Reading, Pa., and Dawlin “Boss Man” Cabrera, also known as Rolando Andujar, 29, entered not guilty pleas to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 28 grams (an ounce) or more of cocaine base, also called crack cocaine.

Cabrera also pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

The two were arrested along with Jowenky “Bullet” Nunez, 29, of New York City on Feb. 2 in New York. Nunez is scheduled to be arraigned on March 1 in federal court in Bangor. He is facing the same counts as Cabrera.

All three are being held without bail.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk on Wednesday tentatively set April 3 as the date for a trial for all defendants in the case.

The arrests of the New York men brings to nine the number of defendants facing federal drug charges in connection with a crack cocaine ring that allegedly operated out of apartments at 100 and 102 Ohio St. and another apartment on Garland Street.

At least a dozen people have been charged in state court in Penobscot County in connection with the drug operation.

The distribution ring allegedly operated from September 2010 through October 2011. Investigators recovered 371 grams, or nearly 13 ounces, of crack cocaine, according to court documents.

Defendants allegedly sold baggies of crack cocaine in bundles of 10 and 20. Each baggie contained 0.40 grams, or 0.014 ounces, of crack cocaine, according to court documents. A “10 pack” sold for $375.

Investigators also have surveillance photographs of defendants depositing a total of $141,610 in cash at an ATM on Exchange Street in Bangor, according to the affidavit.

The following people also have been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug conspiracy charges:

• Manuel “Fish” Trinidad-Acosta, 27, of New York City.

• Abraham Lluberas, 21, of New York City.

• Ed Cogswell, 46, of Bangor.

• Pauline Rossignol, 52, of Brewer.

• Jacob “Pinky” Garcia, 21, of New York City.

• Kelvin Mally, 18, of New York City.

In addition to the drug charges, Trinidad-Acosta and Mally were indicted on additional charges of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

All but Mally have been arrested and pleaded not guilty.

Garcia and Trinidad-Acosta are being held without bail. Cogswell and Lluberas have been released on $10,000 unsecured bail. Rossignol has been released on personal recognizance bail.

If convicted of the drug charge, all nine defendants face a minimum of five years and a maximum of 40 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $2 million. Trinidad-Acosta, Cabrera, Nunez and Mally each face an additional mandatory minimum sentence of five years on the gun charges.

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    1.  Yo identity crisis,
      Did you ever wonder why informed consumers call it the Uniform Crap Report?
      If the FBI  reports it Maine Law Enforcement will make it appear, eh?
      Sort of like “if you build more prisons they will fill them…”

      Here are the FBI  agents who worked on your ” gang” report

      FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse

      Tuesday February 17, 2004 11:46 PM

      By JOHN SOLOMON
      WASHINGTON (AP) – The former chief internal watchdog at the FBI has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl and has admitted he had a history of molesting other children before he joined the bureau for what became a two-decade career.

      John H. Conditt Jr., 53, who retired in 2001, was sentenced last week to 12 years in prison in Tarrant County court in Fort Worth, Texas, after he admitted he molested the daughter of two FBI agents after he retired. He acknowledged molesting at least two other girls before he began his law enforcement career, his lawyer said.

      February 22, 2007

      SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. A  F.B.I. analyst has been sentenced to seven years in prison for having sex with a young girl in Spotsylvania County.
      Forty-four-year-old Anthony John Lesko entered an Alford plea yesterday in Spotsylvania County Circuit Court to nine counts of felony indecent liberties upon a child. An Alford plea means Lesko doesn’t admit guilt but believes there is enough evidence for a conviction.
      Authorities say Lesko engaged in a sex act with her nine times, beginning when she was nine years old.
      According to the plea, Lesko said he was a victim in the case. He said the girl initiated the contact.

      FBI Agent Accused Of Masturbating In Public
      http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/12/ex-fbi_agent_sentenced_to_pris.html
      May 25, 2007 09:02 PM
      FBI Agent Accused Of Masturbating In Public

      Posted by, Marissa Pasquet KOLD News 13 News Editor

      FBI Special Agent Ryan Seese, 34, is facing sex offense charges after a cleaning woman said she found him masturbating in a women’s lavatory on campus, according to a University of Arizona police spokesman.

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      1. How about this:

        NEWS
        FBI agent convicted of daughters’ abuse
        By Traci A. Johnson and Traci A. Johnson,Staff Writer | July 11, 1993
        An
        FBI agent who lives in Carroll County has been convicted of sexually
        abusing his daughters over a 14-year period.The agent, as part of an
        agreement with prosecutors, pleaded guilty Friday before Circuit Judge
        Francis M. Arnold to two counts of second-degree sexual offense and two
        counts of child abuse.The agent’s name is being withheld to protect the
        privacy of the victims.In exchange for the agent’s plea, the state
        dropped 18 other counts against him, ordered a presentence investigation
        and agreed to let him remain free on $125,000 bond pending sentencing
        Sept

        Attorney
        General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Louis J. Freeh and United States Attorney
        Helen Fahey announced today that a veteran FBI counterintelligence Agent was
        arrested Sunday by the FBI and charged with committing espionage by providing
        highly classified national security information to Russia and the former Soviet
        Union. At the time of the arrest at a park in Vienna, Virginia, Robert
        Philip Hanssen, age 56, was clandestinely placing a package containing
        highly classified information at a pre-arranged, or “dead drop,” site
        for pick-up by his Russian handlers. Hanssen had previously received substantial
        sums of money from the Russians for the information he disclosed to them. FBI
        Press Release, February 20, 2001 … Hanssen, who has six children, was
        alleged to have made $1.4 million working for the Russians.

        Peter Limone, convicted of murder, spent 33 years in prison (4 on death row),
        while the FBI apparently knew he did not do it. One key report states that on
        March 10, 1965 — two days before the murder — an unidentified FBI informant
        told Special
        Agent H. Paul Rico that Flemmi was planning to kill Deegan and that
        the murder had the blessing of then-New England Mafia boss Raymond Patriarca….
        FBI agent John
        Connolly was indicted last year on charges he took gifts from Bulger
        and Flemmi and tipped them off to the identities of FBI informants and witnesses
        who were later murdered. [FBI
        knew wrong man was convicted of murder, AP, December 22, 2000]

        Larry Potts
        – He received a letter of censure for failure to provide proper oversight with
        regard to the rules of engagement employed at Ruby Ridge. “Rogers acknowledged
        that the Rules of Engagement he proposed specified that any adult with a weapon
        observed in the vicinity of the Weaver cabin or in the firefight area “could
        and should be the subject of deadly force.” [FN534] According to Rogers
        he discussed this rule with FBI Assistant Director Larry Potts who concurred
        fully” Also involved in Waco. … is now working for Investigative Group
        International (IGI), a private firm retained by President Clinton to investigate
        judges, reporters, and other potential enemies of his administration (according
        to a deposition of IGI director Terry Lenzner). Larry Potts was a buddy of Louis
        Freeh. Within the FBI, these special people are called “FOL” – Friends
        of Louie. [NYT 5/11/97] In 1997 Potts retired from the FBI and joined the Investigative
        Group International, Inc. as the Executive Vice President [site]

        and there’s Edwin Pitts,
        43, a 13-year veteran of the FBI and an attorney, who was arrested today at
        the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, on a criminal complaint charging conspiracy
        to commit espionage, attempted espionage, communication of classified information,
        and conveyance without authority of government property. Press
        Release – Wednesday, December 18, 1996

        There are too many more to post in this space including a list of FBI founder J.Edgar Hoover’s  criminal acts.

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        1.  Back off #3 we can’t be scaring the natives as we strut and fret our hour upon the stage and are heard no more.
          Watch the new movie  A NOBLE LIE

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  5. Wondering why photos of the NYC and PA defendants haven’t appeared in the BDN?   Perhaps I missed them?  I did notice that Trinidad-Acosta’s girlfriend seems to have, at least thus far, escaped indictment.

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  8. The art of destroying lives is what they do. We need to lock these people up for a very long time and keep them out of,  any community

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