Seven arrested in Washington County drug sweep
CHERRYFIELD The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has arrested seven people in an ongoing sweep that began Jan. 12, according to MDEA Commander Scott Pelletier.
“For the past month, MDEA agents initiated an investigation after identifying a New Bedford, Mass.-based drug trafficking network that was trafficking significant quantities of cocaine, cocaine base and heroin/fentanyl for distribution in Hancock and Washington counties,” Pelletier said. “During the investigation agents revealed out-of-state dealers would travel to Maine and recruit local drug distributors to increase their customer base. The out-of-state dealers distributed their drugs from local residences in exchange for money and/or drugs. Agents conducted undercover purchases of illegal drugs from the group.”
MDEA agents initiated an investigation after identifying a drug trafficking network based in New Bedford, MA, was trafficking significant quantities of illegal drugs
Written by Michael Baldwin on December 24, 2020
A Lake Effect Snow Warning is in effect for Genesee County from noon tomorrow until Saturday. Heavy lake effect snow expected. Lake snows will develop over southwest NY during the day and move north and intensify during the afternoon. Snow will be heaviest during the evening before lake bands move back toward the south on Saturday. Total snow accumulations of 7 to 17 inches in the most persistent lake snows. Lower accumulations of 3-7 inches are expected over eastern portions of Genesee and Wyoming counties. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
Batavia Funeral home owner Michael Tomaszewski, arrested in July after an investigation that uncovered multiple incidences of potential fraud, was arraigned in County Court on more than 200 counts of grand larceny, falsifying business records, offering a false instrument in filing, scheme to defraud, and failure to deposit. He entered a not guilty plea. Tomaszewski i
Man from Missouri pleads guilty to meth conspiracy, faces 10 years in prison
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A Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Camden County, Missouri.
Stephen Joseph Sanchez, 35, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps Jr. to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Co-defendant Jo Marie Pollina, 37, of Kansas City, Mo. pleaded guilty to the same charge on June 30, 2020.
According to the plea agreement, Sanchez was arrested at a Camdenton hotel on October 31, 2017. A police officer responded to a report of a man tampering with a motor vehicle in the hotel’s parking lot and found Sanchez on the ground beside a sport utility vehicle when he arrived. Sanchez had a bag of marijuana and $8,225 in his pocket.
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An East Providence ice company is set to plead guilty to violating the Clean Air Act by repeatedly failing to implement a Risk Management Plan (RMP) to be executed in the event of an accidental release of anhydrous ammonia, an extremely hazardous substance, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Providence.
J.P. Lillis Enterprises, Inc., D/B/A Cape Cod Ice, a cold storage warehouse and ice manufacturing facility that stores up over 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia at its facility located on the banks of the Seekonk River, in an industrial area near a residential area, and in the vicinity of an elementary school, was assessed a civil penalty by the Environmental Protection Agency as far back as 2012 for failing to develop and submit an RMP, and since has been repeatedly found to contain equipment in need of repair to avoid a potential release of anhydrous ammonia.