BANGOR, Maine — A trio of convicted drug dealers from Connecticut who were arrested Wednesday in Bangor on new crack and heroin trafficking charges, had their bail set at $300,000 surety by a judge on Friday.
During a raid of two apartments at 69 Ohio St., Miguel Nonossi, 25, Ymmar Dockery, 30, and Marguis Hines, 26, all of New Haven, were found with 7 ounces of heroin, 4 ounces of crack cocaine, more than $15,000 in cash and three guns by a team of Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Bangor Police Department personnel, according to Peter Arno, MDEA northern commander.
All three have numerous prior felony drug trafficking or drug-related convictions, and Nonossi and Dockery are on probation, Assistant Attorney General Patrick Larson told District Court Judge Bruce Jordan during the trio’s first appearances at the Penobscot Judicial Center.
Nonossi is facing two counts of Class A aggravated trafficking in schedule drugs, Dockery was charged with one count of Class A aggravated trafficking in schedule drugs, and Hines is facing four counts of Class A aggravated trafficking in schedule drugs and two counts of Class B unlawful possession of a scheduled drug.
Arno said in a statement released Wednesday that the MDEA conducted an 18-month investigation before the raid that took about $40,000 in heroin and crack off the streets of Bangor.
“These seizures are significant and are further indication of the troubling trend of out-of-state drug traffickers who are moving into our communities in order to conduct illicit drug trafficking activities,” Arno said. “MDEA has made these types of investigations a priority and will continue to work with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners in order to investigate and dismantle these groups who are operating within the state of Maine.”
Additional charges are expected, the drug commander said. The state attorney general’s office and investigators from Homeland Security Investigations assisted the MDEA, he said.
The federal government also recently made some major drug arrests that involved people from New Haven, Connecticut. Ten people last month were indicted by the federal grand jury in Bangor for crack trafficking, and half were from New Haven. Some of those charged last month also were indicted on federal gun charges.
Jordan said he made his decision for the high bail because of the seriousness of the crimes, and the fact that the three are from Connecticut. Nonossi’s wife and Hines’ sister were in the courtroom and spoke on their behalf during the hearing.
“These are Class A felonies,” the judge said. “These are serious charges.”
Jordan ordered that if Nonossi, Dockery and Hines are released on bail they are not to have contact with each other and two others, they cannot use or possess drugs or alcohol, and they have a curfew of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.