ROCKLAND, Maine — A 57-year-old Camden man was sentenced Friday afternoon to two years in jail after being convicted of dealing cocaine on multiple occasions.
Edward Tosswill pleaded no contest to three counts of trafficking in cocaine during June and July 2010. He was sentenced by Justice Jeffrey Hjelm to four years in jail with all but two years suspended to be followed by two years probation.
But Tosswill’s attorney Steven Peterson said that it is practically certain that Tosswill, a native of the United Kingdom, will be deported once he completes his jail term. Tosswill said he has lived in the United States since 1985. Peterson said through talks with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services he learned that the government could deport someone for a misdemeanor drug conviction but certainly would do it for felony convictions.
Maine Assistant Attorney General Lisa Bogue outlined the prosecution’s case against Tosswill, which consisted of the use of a confidential informant.
On one occasion, the informant gave another person money for the drug transaction which was later traced back to Tosswill as the supplier of the cocaine. On the second occasion, the vehicle being used by the middleman in the transaction broke down and he asked the female informant to drive him to Tosswill although she did not meet him. On the third occasion, the informant called Tosswill, whose telephone number she had because the middleman had borrowed her cellphone to call his supplier during the second transaction. The informant met with Tosswill in the parking lot of a Camden restaurant where he provided her the cocaine.
Drug agents and police followed Tosswill to his home, conducted a search of his home and arrested him.
Tosswill forfeited $15,683 found at his home as well as a station wagon.
Tosswill also was fined $400 for each of the drug trafficking offenses and ordered to repay the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency $1,680 for drug money and the cost of testing the substance that later turned out to be cocaine.
Peterson noted that Tosswill will have difficulty paying either the fines or restitution since he is not working and has no money. The attorney said Tosswill does have a financial interest in a local business which was not identified during the court hearing held in Knox County Superior Court.
Tosswill will begin his sentence on June 1 to allow him to deal with some personal matters.
Cherrio! Ya bloke!
Bollocks!
Maybe he can claim persecution like Aunt Zeituni?
cheerio, pip pip and all that… I’d just deport him, drop the charges, just ban him from US soil… why waste $60-80k to keep a man in prison for 2 years.
I would let the charges stand. But yes, rather than put him in prison at our expense I would send him back to England. I fly a lot to South America and there are always deportees waiting to be put on the plane when I leave.
ding ding ding ! wrong you gotcha court costs you gotcha police costs
you gotcha welfare costs if the man has a family and you gotcha prison costs.
Then you gotcha recidivism rates of 74% of inmates commit new crimes and or return to prison once they are released.
Add it all up and it spells dumb Maine criminal justice consumer.
see http://www.vera.org/files/price-of-prisons-maine-fact-sheet.pdf
yes I know all about this.. I am a corrections officer.
Whewwwwwwww!
Got another perp off the street at $56,000.00 per year to house him times 2 years
equals $112,000.00 tab for the Maine taxpayer.
Anybody see the moonbats Cain and Haskell?
Got a message for them, eh? dial http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2012/03/17/baltimore-police-officer-pleads-guilty-to-heroin-trafficking/
Baltimore Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Heroin Trafficking
March 17, 2012
see link for full story
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Dealing on duty. A Baltimore City police officer at
the center of a heroin ring that flooded the city with drugs confesses
to the crime.
Gosh darn! What a bunch of kaards!
The headlines should have read “Illegal immigrant residing in Camden may be deported”….but remember Camden is the mid coast nest of the liberal’s…he may get a pass out of sympathy.
True enough the People Republic of Camden will try and rally to keep this poor immigrant amongst their midst. The faster they can send him back to the UK the better, save us some dough, in fact maybe he can take some others with him?
Why are you calling him illegal? Are you not aware that most foreign nationals are here LEGALLY?
Ooops, now I know. I just saw your nickname. More talking points from the CONservative Tea Party Repugnants.
I used to enforce the immigration laws. Mr. Tosswill became an illegal immigrant when he engaged in his criminal behavior.
Well, Ms Sue: you may be correct in correcting me. I did assume he was an illegal. But if he is subject to deportation; it would certainly appear that he is not a U.S. Citizen. My post does appear to have some level of accuracy, you seem to be defending him. He is a convicted drug dealer.
I say deport him but like most of our southern friends, he’d be able to sneak back in, most likely through Canada.
We should be demanding that the government immediately deport all non-citizens that commit crimes short of murder, rape and a few others. Let’s save some money and free up some much needed space for our homegrown criminals. If you’re a guest here, you abide by every rule/law or be sent packing, 1st time. bad enough we’ll likely need to hold a trial, maybe we could have “guest” court with an accelerated process and lesser requirements, those who want to stay and fight do so on their own dime under strict guidance.
Sometimes the prison sentence serves as an incentive for the guy to voluntarily agree to being deported. A state judge can order his early release into the waiting arms of federal officers.
Why is it that this judge gave a person I know four years for moving a car 120 feet and he gives a drug dealer a slap on the wrist and says be a good boy now…….. wtf !
He’s a big part of a local landscaping company.
Blimey, Limey! Looks like you are going to end up back in Yorkshire!
Where’s the pic and neck tat?