SKOWHEGAN, Maine — A New York man is behind bars after a drug search warrant netted 50 oxycodone pills on Tuesday, according to Somerset County Sheriff’s Department Detective Lt. Carl E. Gottardi II.
At about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, six members of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed a drug search warrant on a man and vehicle along U.S. Route 2 in Skowhegan, said Gottardi in a statement Wednesday.
Terrance Allen, 27, of Bronx, N.Y., was arrested and charged with Class B trafficking in a schedule W drug, Class C possession of a schedule W drug and violation of conditions of release, a misdemeanor.
Fifty oxycodone pills with a street value of $1,750 were seized along with documentation and more than $1,100 in cash, said Gottardi.
Allen was out on bail at the time for a criminal motor vehicle matter in Maine, Gottardi said.
Allen was taken to Somerset County Jail in Madison, where he remained Wednesday afternoon.
Gottardi said the Somerset County district attorney’s office will review the case to see if there may be additional charges.
Staff Sgt. Michael Knight and Deputies Jeremy Leal, Dave Cole and William Quigley assisted Gottardi on the execution of the search warrant.
So , the traveler from NYC was out on bail at the time of his arrest ??
And in possession of a large quantity of the dangerous , high demand drug OXY’s.
Hmmmmm…..
Maine : Open for business.
I’m sure Augusta is angry because they didn’t get sales tax…
Hmmmm what drew their attention to this guy?
Even more sadly, who is the white trash that this guy is coming to Maine for; to sell his merchandise ?
and people wonder why we don’t trust and don’t like out of staters.
12 years ago I used to travel 95 during the wee morning hours on business. A brief stop at the B. King would produce characters who appear to be related to this dude. They would invariably be ordering vast amounts of burgers (10 or so), and other food and drink to complement it. I would always mention to my partner as we drove away “Where are the police?” These guys stick out like a sore thumb. They aren’t up here sightseeing or visiting Grandma…WTF? Know it’s not correct to “profile”, but if I was the LAW, I would find a way to check them out because they always drove away in a smelly, belching old Caddy with N.Y. plates and a rear taillight out….Go Maine Law!!!!! Get ’em…….
I used to travel 95 quite frequently between New York and Florida. I noticed frequently what appeared to me to be totally out of place, early model luxury cars with New York, New Jersey, or Florida plates zooming up or down–often times driving in tandem–and often early in the morning or late at night. Once about 8 years ago, I was on my way back north at about 5:30 in the morning when I spotted this early 90’s Infinity with New York plates zooming north toward North Carolina. I didn’t think much of it until about 45 minutes later when I saw the car again stopped by the police about 100 yards north of the state line. This time, the driver (whom I assumed to be Hispanic) was sitting on the side of the highway in handcuffs, and the contents of his trunk were being examined by the trooper. Even to the average motorist, it’s pretty obvious.
Profiling DOES work.
I bet he had a big fat white GF in Scowl-hegan
lol…
National gangs are here, in rural Maine. And why not? There are maybe 2 or 3 cops on duty at night, in the whole Somerset County and 56,000 residents.
Doubt? national gangs are here in rural maine?
January 29, 2005
WATERVILLE,MAINE — Police this week said one of the men arrested on College Avenue on Jan. 21 is a high-ranking member of the Crips street gang in New York City and is near the top of the Queens County, N.Y., most-wanted list.His presence in central Maine matches a profile of city gangs expanding to rural areas. Authorities in New York City paint a grim picture of gang expansion from the inner city into rural communities.
newsbank: http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/1329597.shtml
And yet we have Romney supporters who’ll yell and scream about the lack of law enforcement officers at the same time they are prepared to vote for a party that wants to cut down the ranks of police officers and firemen.
You can’t have it both ways, folks.
Glad to see that the Madison Jail is embracing diversity.
Hey, at least he increased Skowhegan’s diversity….
US DEA , MDEA , ATF need to put SKOWHEGAN on their radar screen NOW
While there is still a chance to salvage this area.
NY is a lib Dem state, and city for that matter, as is ME. So you reap what you sow.
Recently we hav been reading in the paper a lot of competent doctors are being threatened by the Maine State License board to have license taken away for perscribing narcotics. The problem is not with the doctors , the problem is we are seeing more and more out of state druggies coming into this state. Maybe we need to increase the task force, this problem is going to get worse.
what is going on with these people from NY and drugs more border checks needed
Border crossings between all States? Brilliant!
Ok class, for this weeks readings I want everyone to read and report on George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984. Reports due on Monday.
It’s time to toughen our drug laws. They come here becasue there is a market and they get a slap on the hand if they get caught. Make out laws the toughest in the North East and you will see much less of this. We call drug dealers stupid and some are but alot of the bigger dealers not dumb. They do a risk/rewark assessment and grow their bussiness according to to the findings. Increase the risk to an unacceptable level and they will go else where .
we need to put up gates at every town line with armed guards and search everyone
Strip search!