FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — A Fort Fairfield man was arrested and charged with trafficking in methamphetamine and two accomplices have been implicated with trying to hide evidence of his crimes.
Darrell Crandall, MDEA division commander, said Thursday afternoon that Devin Delisle, 26, was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine after MDEA agents went to his Limestone Road residence and found evidence of methamphetamine manufacturing hidden on the property.
Agents were conducting a follow-up investigation into the methamphetamine trafficking arrest of Todd Doody that occurred on July 16, and had identified Delisle as someone who had assisted Doody.
When agents searched the Limestone Road residence, where Delisle lives with his uncle, they located the items needed to manufacture methamphetamine, including pseudoephedrine, lye, Coleman fuel and other products and equipment used in the process. Crandall said that agents believe that Delisle’s uncle, 51-year-old Arthur Wilcox and Delisle’s girlfriend, Norma Skidgel, 26, of Caribou, took some of the evidence from the home and hid it in a nearby wooded area when agents first arrived.
All of the items were ultimately recovered and Skidgel and Wilcox were summoned for the misdemeanor crime of falsifying physical evidence.
Crandall said that given that the items found were not contaminated from use, agents did not have to call in the MDEA lab team or the Department of Environmental Protection for collection and disposal.
Delisle was taken to the Aroostook County Jail where bail was set at $5,000 cash or $50,000 surety. He also was charged with violation of conditions of release. He had been on bail for negotiating a worthless instrument.
The investigation remains open and more arrests are possible, according to Crandall.
This portion of the case will now be turned over to the Aroostook County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution, he said.
Information on drug crimes may be reported to MDEA at 800-452-6457, at MDEA’s website at www.maine.gov/dps/mdea or at MDEA’s smartphone application for iPhone and Android at MyPD.
“Crandall said that given that the items found were not contaminated from use” so, they apparently had the items to manufacture meth, but hadnt yet. It would seem to me that the law is really stretching out to put people in jail. Charging them for being in possession of chemicals and things that could be used to make meth seems like a slippery slope, to me. Its possible to manufacture lots of illegal things from common house hold items. Does it mean you should do it? Probably not. But should we make those things illegal just because someone could do something illegal with them? Probably not.
Do you seriously think that he wasn’t intending to make meth?? If they were household items, why would the others run to the woods to hide them? I don’t agree with charging people without good reason, but clearly there is more to this story than is being disclosed, and God knows there is a problem with this in the County.
I dont know what he was intending to do, I never met him. But, hiding things in the woods when the cops are knocking could be considered rather suspicious. I suppose thats the defining line. Just seems silly to preemptively arrest someone in this situation. Maybe he indeed was going to make meth. I guess we’ll never know.
Everyone likes to hide their lifetime supply of Sudafed in the woods – it’s just what people do.
People do lots of crazy things. Like eating paint chips. Hiding stuff in the woods is pretty low on the bar. And no-where does it say they hid Sudafed, or any pills containing pseudoephedrine in the woods. It says “agents BELIEVE they took some of the evidence from the home and hid it in a nearby wooded area when agents first arrived.” Doesn’t say they actually saw them, who’s property it was on or what they found. All important bits of information that are missing. If the police didn’t see them flee, and whatever they found wasnt on the defendants property, then, thats going to be a big head-ache for the prosecution. Of course, it does say that someone told the cops this guy was making meth, so, the snitch combined with what could be rather circumstantial evidence, Im sure that these people wont walk away. Probably a good thing, of all the harmless drugs in this world Meth is not one of them. But again, should I be punished because I have Drain-O and Tin Foil and a ——- because I COULD POTENTIALLY do something illegal with them, even though I have yet to do so? Thats like arresting someone on suspicion to commit murder because they own a gun. Guns are used for lots of things. Its not illegal to possess drugs containing pseudoephedrine, nor are any of the required items to manufacture meth illegal. At least, not the things your house-hold clandestine pseudo-chemists apparently use. I suppose the police should have waiting for these turkeys to be mid-cook if they really, really wanted to get them. Clearly they had inside information. Should have just waited.
I notice the Bath Salts reports have died down since most of the ‘Saltee’s are in jail or prison…
Maybe it’s time to offer help in some form of amnesty to all the addicts in Aroostook. Cheaper than putting everyone in jail!
Cheaper, but perhaps not a better alternative. Some people who use drugs are a danger to themselves and others. Other people who use drugs are just a danger to themselves. Its awfully hard for the courts or anyone on “the outside of the situation” to really determine this. The whole drug issue is so clouded by peoples misconceptions and inaccurate information there is hardly any reasonable end or conclusion in sight. Im not sure amnesty is the best solution for people who get caught with drugs that actually are poison. The vast majority of illegal substances in this country are illegal for political reasons and should be made legal and taxed and regulated just as alcohol is. Prohibition has never worked. Not even the first prohibition. The very first. When there was one cop and only two people he was responsible for. Didn’t work. Most drugs should not be illegal and anyone caught with them should be given some form of amnesty or pardon. Meth is probably not one of those drugs.
Good! Let’s get these drugs and dealers OFF the streets and in jail where they belong!