HOULTON, Maine — Agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency on Monday charged an Easton man with trafficking in methamphetamine and violating conditions of release after executing a search warrant on his vehicle earlier in the day, according to the MDEA.
Brian White, 31, had been out on bail on similar trafficking charges filed after agents said they found evidence of methamphetamine production during searches in August of his Route 1A mobile home in Easton and his 1999 Ford Taurus.
Then on Saturday, members of the Maine State Police were called to a burglary in Easton. Trooper Chad Fuller and his K-9 tracking dog Gleni were led from the crime scene to White’s current residence on Bangor Road, according to information released Monday by Darrel Crandall of the MDEA.
The subsequent investigation led officers to again search White’s vehicle in which they noticed items used in the making of methamphetamine, according to Crandall. That initial search was suspended for safety concerns, however, and the vehicle was secured and towed to the impound lot at the Maine State Police barracks in Houlton. It was there that MDEA agents were joined by members of the Houlton Fire Department and Maine Department of Environmental Protection in concluding the search Monday that led to the most recent charges against White, Crandall said.
Late Monday, Crandall said the lab team had completed its examination of the vehicle.
“Team members seized a considerable amount of evidence from the vehicle including numerous reaction vessels used to make methamphetamine and components necessary to make the drug,” Crandall said in a prepared statement.
Processing that evidence will be slowed down due to its highly volatile and flammable nature, he said, adding that the materials needed to be sampled and neutralized.
“The evidence seized today strongly suggests Mr. White has made and/or attempted to make methamphetamine on several occasions since his arrest in August of this year,” Crandall said.
White was arrested and charged with the new count of trafficking in methamphetamine and with violating conditions of release. Crandall said more charges could be filed in connection with the case. White remained at the Aroostook County Jail on Monday afternoon.
More arrests also are likely over the next few days as the investigation continues, Crandall said, adding this is the 13th seizure of meth making items in Maine this year, eight of which have been in Aroostook County.
Information on drug crimes may be reported to MDEA at 800-452-6457, MDEA’s website www.maine.gov/dps/mdea or at MDEA’s smartphone application for iPhone and Android at MyPD.
No Mugshot? We just get to see the ford ?taurus
I am sure he is back out on the street by now. They wouldn’t want to embarrass him by putting his picture in the paper…. that would be way to harsh.
They will let him keep doing it until someone decides not to pay for their drugs and it ends up another homicide. Seems to be the way to go for some reason. Absolutely absurd.
Let there not be a third time! Maine and their awful justice system strikes again..
Ok….I try to not even read this crap because first of all….there is always way more to the story and when people comment without knowing all the details, I get cranky. To the person who said the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, you know NOTHING about my family. Brian is my stepbrother and while I completely understand that he has done things to warrant not so nice comments, that comment about our family was plain ignorance. And to assume our family is and has done nothing to help him is ludicrous. Do you realize that for any decent reputable rehab center in this state there is months of waiting to get in. This tells me that there are a hell of a lot of people in our communities with drug problems. Anyone who knows anything about drug or drug addiction knows that most people can’t quit cold turkey without serious physical issues. As far as the comments about him selling to children, I can assure you that is not the case. He is a man with an addiction who needs serious help. He has merely been making to feed his own habit.
And please if anyone commenting actually knows Brian and our family, who I might add is full of educated and incredibly hard working individuals that give back much to their local communities, and still doesn’t agree with what I’ve said…feel free to disagree. But if you know nothing about us, then please keep your comments to yourself.
This makes me so sad…it is hard to see so many young men with talent lost to drugs. He does come from a nice family and there is very little help for those struggling with addiction. I hope this is his rock bottom and turning point.