BANGOR, Maine — A New York man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to three years and five months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone in the Waterville area, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
In addition to prison time, Anthony Gomez, 35, also known as “Tone,” of Bronx, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Woodcock to three years of supervised release.
Gomez, who had been held without bail since his arrest in December 2014, pleaded guilty in May 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of oxycodone.
By pleading guilty, Gomez admitted that between January and March 2012, he conspired with Maurice McCray, 35, of Waterville and others to distribute drugs in central Maine. Gomez was one of McCray’s New York sources for oxycodone, according to court documents.
Gomez is the 23rd person to be convicted and sentenced in the federal investigation into drug distribution in the Waterville area, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2014 and arrested after an 18-month-long fugitive investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service.
McCray, the ringleader in the drug conspiracy, was sentenced in November 2014 to nearly 16 years in federal prison. He is incarcerated at a U.S. penitentiary in Atlanta, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. McCray’s earliest release date is Dec. 1, 2025, according to the website.
BDN writer Judy Harrison contributed to this report.
