BANGOR, Maine — Following a lengthy criminal investigation, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a Brewer woman Friday and charged her with trafficking in crack cocaine near a city park this past summer.
Heather Brooks, 37, was arrested on Hammond Street and charged with Class A aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and Class B unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs. She was taken to the Penobscot County Jail, where she was held before having her $5,000 bail posted around 5:30 p.m.
“The investigation was ongoing for a few months,” said Darrell Crandall Jr., an MDEA division commander. “We were looking for her and when we found her, she had drugs and a large amount of cash on her.”
At the time of her arrest, Brooks was in possession of 120 30-milligram oxycodone tablets with a total value of $4,800 as well as $2,916 in cash, the alleged proceeds gained from illicit drug sales, according to an MDEA press release.
Brooks is accused of selling crack earlier this summer within 1,000 feet of Maple Street Park in Brewer, which the city of Brewer has designated as a “safe zone.” Crandall said municipalities can designate certain places — such as schools and parks — as zones wherein criminal activities such as drug trafficking mandate elevated charges because children may be present.
Brooks, who is scheduled to make her initial court appearance Nov. 21 at the Penobscot Judicial Center, faces a four-year minimum prison sentence on the aggravated trafficking charge.
Crandall, who credited both the Bangor and Brewer police departments and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for helping with the investigation and subsequent arrest, said additional arrests may be forthcoming.
Looks like she has been doing more than she’s selling
“No line is safe to touch – EVAH!” (Apologies to CMP).
She’s a beauty!!!!!
Or selling something else to feed the habit…
I am glad to see the methadone clinics are stopping people from using street opiates.
Still on that kick, I see.
Do you really expect a for-profit business which sells government drugs to stop anything? Don’t they actually have a vested interest in keeping people on opiates?
Do you actively do anything to combat this problem, or does it stop with these comments? We all know how you feel, chap. Can’t begin to contemplate how many times I’ve read this same thing from you. Might I politely suggest a more pro-active approach? I doubt constantly complaining here on the BDN comments is going to do anything. I mean, I know you feel better about yourself for a minute, but, it’s kinda like… frivolous, wasted effort.
Your lengthy response to it seems like a wasted effort champ.
Don’t be mad because I’ve taken less than 5 minutes out of my life to point out the fact that you spend way too much of yours worried about the clinic, Bushfan.
You complaining over and over > Me writing these two comments.
Care to continue?
He is stating a fact chappy, the methadone clinics are a way to be drug-addict legally.
They are also another way to get drugs… Not the methadone but other street drugs
Right. I get it. I agree with him. I have said that before, and I implied it with my first post above. It is a problem. But, him complaining about it constantly is obnoxious, childish and annoying. I doubt it effects him directly. I doubt his life is any worse because of it. I doubt he lives next-door to it. So he’s getting all bent over something which really doens’t concern him. Its stupid. I just see this same drivel over and over and it gets irritating. His life must be really dull and easy if he has that much time to worry about the clinic. Have you actually paid enough attention to what happens around here to know how many times Bushfan has said this exact same thing? Its absurd.
Time to grow up, kiddies.
good post
Courtney Love?
She looks like a victim of something or other.
the irony of it all, is that sometimes the seller looks worse for ware, than the user!!!
Awww, poor Heather. Think Uncle Jimmy is going to get you off this time? It’s about time you started taking responsibility for your actions. It’s just karma coming right back at you!
Youre a joke!!!!!!
Pretty sure WE are not the joke..
Maine seems to have a drug problem that just won’t go away. Come to think of it, I dare say it will always be a problem.
What gets me is we pay no matter what. Jail them ( Plus the cost of the trial, investigation etc..) we pay and or give them drugs that they will be on forever and we pay for that as well.
Either way, the average tax payer will pay the bill for others ignorance.
No wonder we are circling the the bowl as it’s flushed.
Maine has a drug problem because of people like her that think it’s OK to be in this sort of business!
She is in this business because there is a need for this type of thing. As long as people are looking for drugs there will be a need. Someone probably has stepped up and taken her place already.
Miss Heather all of these years you doing pills and etc. And now you get caught. You always putting some people down for their bad actions and look at you. I guess Karma caught up with you huh? And what about your children? I hope you get the help you need after and while you are paying for your crimes. And can be the mother your children deserve. One that is drug free and does not live that lifestyle anymore. You do have a good side, you are smart, and beautiful. I hope all of that shines through after all of this.
Smart? Beautiful?
Obviously they knew her before she got into this mess.
Smh…Jokes
Hammond St honey.
Sounds like YOU know Hammond St. well…And she wasnt chillin on Hammond with anyone whn this happend..She was at a store dummy…shows how much yall think you really know just by a few words in the media…half of which is complete BS
Regardless of WHERE she was, she was busted. Why you’re trying so hard to make excuses for her is beyond the majority of us here. Let her take her lumps. She made poor choices, and hopefully she gets the help she needs and from this point on makes better decisions for herself and her kids.
obviously, ashley, you just have not been caught yet…when a person hangs around a drug dealer, drug addict, they are doing the same things..you know the saying, “when in Rome, do as the roman do” …you are the dummy…so if I were you, I would shut up. Before long u will be sitting in a jail cell right beside her…All I feel bad for are these poor children that have been put in risk, because of a total loser…drug dealers get robbed all the time, she could of been killed and her poor children…
And upon her release she was right back to getting high.She might not make it to Nov 21st.
Sad story.Thousands more just like her.
She doesnt do em dummy…Lol, becuz her mug shots not pretty and up to par..Shes a pill head? Lemme see how pretty your mug shot would be..Their not exactly the type of pix you go out of your way to look pretty for..Everybody look like a pill head in their mug shots….smh…You people have waaaaay to much time on your hands to be sittin here talkin smack on everybodyyyyyyy that makes a mistake..How bout worryin about your own? Just an idea
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Because selling them is ok… If she actually did them, now that would make her a “dummy”. Seriously a joke.
This story just broke my heart, because I had the chance to get to know one of this woman’s young children through school. What will happen to her kids? How could a loving mom live such a bad life and put her kids at such risk? Heather, I just can’t believe you would do this to those beautiful kids who you do not deserve and never did. I worry about your friends who also have young kids, and fervently hope that they learn from you and don’t allow themselves to put their own kids at risk. The madness should stop the minute you become a mom. I’m really sad about this turn of events, but you need to be off the street.
Everyone makes mistakes, yes, this is a huge mistake. but you are very much in the wrong to say that she doesn’t deserve her kids. Those kids are VERY well taken care of and she loves her kids more than anything. maybe your job is ‘respectible’ and you provide for your kids that way, but she was doing what she had to do. anyone who knows heather or her kids know that she is a good person and would do anything for anyone. opinions are like a**holes everyone has one.
VERY well taken care of … With drug money.
Drug money or not..They have always been taken care of…Half of you wouldnt dare do what shes done to keep her kids in the best of everything…Not becuz youre better people, but simply becuz yall wouldnt have the balls!!!
Selling drugs gives her “balls”? There is no reason whatsoever that selling drugs is ok. They ruin peoples lives. Sure everyone makes mistakes but this is major. Id rather be “ball~less” any day than to sell crack.
I was just going to say the same thing. Guess we’re all a bunch of Sallys because we don’t ‘dare’ to do illegal acts….hmmmm, trying to find the reasoning in that one. How about we choose to stay on the right side of the law and choose other avenues when life gets tough. You’re not making her sound any better, AsHLeyyy87.
well, they will now have to get used to NOT having the best of everything… your forgetting, that is a myth..” the best of everything is a loving stable/ safe home environment”; that could never be, if a Mom is in the drug business!!! most often it is NOT balls, but rather being high and ignorant!!!
What exactly is “best of everything”? My children have a SAFE roof over their heads, food in their bellies, and clothing. They have toys too! If there is more than what I listed which I should be providing for my children I certainly would not resort to the sale of drugs. Her poor kids are definitely suffering because of this. “Look Mommy, that’s so and so’s Mommy” on front page of the newspaper. Sad, and a very poor decision.
That’s what I was just thinking. So they get the best of everything in the name of clothes, electronics, etc. But how about the insecurity of people they don’t know showing up at random at their door or their mother’s cell ringing at all hours of the night? Having a secure, safe environment with predicability and routine is what children need. Just because someone can afford to buy their kids the world doesn’t make them well-cared for. Security and stability offer far more than that.
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Quit talkin smack yall don’t know her!!! ;)
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Doing what she had to do? Most people with morals get a job rather than resorting to the sale of drugs. These children do not deserve to be around drugs and the people that are associated with them. Yeah a 9 to 5 job might be too “hard” to deal with and may not pay as much as selling crack but seriously…. Get a clue. Is putting your children at risk worth the cash you get from getting the next person high???
her kids WEREN’T around drugs, they were never exposed to anything like that. instead of being judgemental and ignorant try thinking about the fact that she was in a hard spot. YES it was a huge mistake and its a lesson learned. you people are ignorant, instead of attacking her and how she is as a parent why not wish her the best in recovering from this. she is a good mom, and a good person. but of course someone makes a mistake and nobody sees the good in someone but is right there to point out every flaw that person has. how about YOU get a clue and think about the less fortunate people who maybe can’t find a job and do what they do to make it by.
I read your comments. She may in fact be a good person who made bad choices.
We are all judged by the choices we make everyday.
You sound silly saying she is a good mom. Or maybe your moral compass is off a bit. I think of her, selling drugs to people of ALL ages and then this this woman has the title “mom”.
NO MATTER what a wonderful person she is, she certainly wasnt thinking about her kids or she would have thought, what will happen to them if I have to go to jail?
Your post are garbage like your friend.
Just my opinion…
Find it doubtful that the kids weren’t around it one time or another.. Unless she doesn’t have them all the time. Looks like this isn’t her first offense or dealing with drugs either so it doesn’t appear that she is “smart” not learned her lesson. In short, her kids are suffering now. Having to visit their MOm in prison, explaining to their friends why she is in prison etc. she didn’t think of her kids first. I have two children and a single mother. I work full time and I struggle. It has never crossed my mind to sell drugs!
Umm, her kids TALKED about drugs. They knew it.
Sad.
Hopefully they learn from HER mistakes
people who sell drugs are NOT good people!!! end of story!! they are usually, they are selfish..
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Cant find a job? No kidding.Who would hire her?Cant judge a book by looking at the cover but c’mon!!!!!!!
It makes it ok to sell drugs because you can’t find a job??! If she wanted a real job bad enough, she would find one. Selling drugs is quicker, easier money. As her friends, Y”ALL need to stop posting this crap in her defense… You are just making her (and you) look ridiculous. Yes, people make mistakes but it appears she was selling drugs as far back as this summer (near a park even) and still doing it now.. It’s almost November. She got caught is the only reason she has stopped (for now anyway)
I do know Heather and her kids, and I can’t go into detail here, but saw the ways in which she certainly did NOT take care of them. To say that they were “VERY wall taken care of” is an absolute joke. Do you realize the type of danger she opened up to them by hanging with the crowd she did? One heartbreaking conversation I once had with one of her children revealed a lot to me…and it wasn’t good. At this point, it’s in the hands of our judicial system and there is a chance she will never see those kids again.
Funny thing about allllllllll these comments is not one of you know a REAL damn thing about her…All you know is what you read in the papers or maybe people talkin ish around Bangor…Everybody got haters..Im not gonna sit up here and argue with anyone becuz yall are nobodys to me…All Ima say is Heather is a very good friend of mine and despite what yall think you might know or what youve maybe heard around town..Heather is not this horrible person yall have made her out to be…She made few bad choices yeah..Is she a horrible mother????? Absolutely not!!!!! Heather is a damn good mother to be honest…Her kids have always been well takin care of and have always come first before anything in her life! She would do anything for anyone who was in need which is somethin im sure none of you can evena say for yourselves…She is a great person….Everyone makes mistakes, Just becuz you havent been caught for them doesnt mean you havent done anything…Anyone could sit on here and try to portray themselves to be perfect behind a screen but yall dont fool me nor anybody else..What you need to do is get lives and stop bein so concerned about her life and her wrong doings when im sure you have ya own to worry about…Yall know NOTHING about Heather so stop talkin smack like you do!!!
Good parenting is exposing your children to drugs/druggies?
Also, your grammar makes “y’all” look like a bunch of fools.
If you are friend of hers the best thing you could do for her is quit posting here, in her “defense”
If I was her, and was half as smart/good person as you are saying she is, there is no flippin’ way I would want someone who sounds as stupid as you sticking up for me or defending me.
It’s called “stupid by association”
What’s that saying about it being better to be quiet and let people think you’re a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt?
I don’t think anyone is saying she’s a ‘horrible person’. I think what they’re getting at is the fact that she’s made some very poor choices that could have put her and her children into potential danger, as we all have heard and seen what can happen when we expose ourselves to certain environments (hello! Drug-related triple homicide not that long ago!). To associate yourself with certain individuals who know your name, phone number, and potentially your address, which is a place your children should feel is their safe haven, is stupid and dangerous. One can put their entire family in possible danger if one of the ‘customers’ happen to be someone with evil intentions. So how a mother can put her innocent, helpless children in such a position is beyond a lot of parents understandig on here. I’m sure she loves her kids dearly, like most mothers do. But rather than making excuses for her, why don’t you try encouraging her to straighten her life out. I CAN sit back and say I’ve made few poor decisions in my life, and what I did do was when I was a young, stupid teenager-not when I’ve had children I’m responsible for protecting. With all due respect, you sound like one of the guests on Maury.
Very well said.
Did not say she was a horrible person. It is quite obvious that she has serious drug issues.The MDEA was not looking for her for jay walking.As her friend I hope you tried to get her help.I worry she might not make it as far as trial.If she does she will be looking at 4 years.Are you taking custody of those poor kids?
Well one person who knows her says she doesn’t do drugs, just sells them. Another says she’s been “doing pills for a lot time”. Who’s right?
What happens, she was once a little three year old once playing with her doll, I do not remember all this stuff happening before we shipped all the jobs oversees.
hopefully she does her time and doesnt snitch
Why not? It might get a few more dealers off the street.