PORTLAND, Maine — A man from Bronx, New York, was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years and four months behind bars on drug and gun charges, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Wayman Sparrow, 25, also was sentenced in U.S. District Court to three years of supervised release on charges of conspiring to distribute heroin and crack and firing a firearm while trafficking drugs.
He was sentenced to six years and four months on the drug charge and the mandatory minimum consecutive sentence of 10 years for using the gun.
Sparrow pleaded guilty to the charges in December 2015.
Sparrow was one in a group of New York men who came to Maine in 2011 with the purpose of distributing heroin and crack from various locations in Portland, the U.S. attorney’s office said Wednesday in a press release.
In late 2012, Sparrow had a falling out with the group and started distributing the drugs on his own. He was confronted by the leader of the conspiracy at a Portland apartment in March of 2013, and a subsequent shootout occurred.
Sparrow was arrested in June of 2013 in South Portland.
Sparrow was found in possession of heroin and the firearm used in the shootout when he was arrested.
He faced up to 20 years and a fine of up $1 million on the drug charge. Sparrow faced a sentence of between 10 years and life on the gun charge and a fine of up to $250,000.
