BANGOR, Maine — A Rockland woman pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute 280 grams of a substance containing cocaine base during a hearing in U.S. District Court.
Jackie Madore, 45, was among 11 people indicted by the federal grand jury in February for their alleged involvement in dealing cocaine base, also known as crack, in the Bangor area.
Half of those indicted were from New Haven, Connecticut, and the other half were from Maine communities, including Bangor, Rockland, Rumford, Orono, Waldoboro and Windham.
According to court records, Madore sold crack in Penobscot County and elsewhere between January 2010 and December 2013, U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II said in a news release.
Madore sold half-gram bags for $50 and gram bags for $100, Delahanty said.
She then transferred the proceeds of her sales to her crack supplier in the New Haven, Connecticut, area and got cash and crack in exchange. The crack was transported from Connecticut to the Bangor area by other conspirators.
Madore faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine. She will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
Also indicted in February were Akeen Ocean, also known as Alex, 22, of Bangor; David Chaisson, also known as Davey, 22, of Bangor; Jeremy Ingersoll-Meserve, 37, of Waldoboro; Torrence Benton, also known as T-Black, 27, of Windham and formerly New Haven; Wendell White, 48, of Rumford and formerly of Bangor; Jermaine Mitchell, 43, also known as “Melo,” formerly of New Haven, Connecticut, and Orono; Burke Lamar, 47, of Santa Clarita, California; Willie Garvin, also known as Black and Tank, 22, of New Haven; Jeffrey Benton, 35, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and formerly New Haven, Connecticut; and Christian Turner, 29, also known as “P,” formerly of New Haven, Connecticut.
The other cases are pending in federal court. Ingersoll-Meserve, Garvin, Benton and Turner are also facing federal charges of illegal gun purchases. There is a pending motion on behalf of Benton to dismiss the charges, saying he has already been sentenced to 108 months in prison in Connecticut in connection to drug sales there related to this case and thus further prosecution would be double jeopardy.
The case was investigated by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the New Haven, Connecticut, office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
BDN writer Stephen Betts contributed to this report.