District of Maine

Contact: Darcie N. McElwee
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jerome
Hudson, 44, of Lewiston, Maine, and formerly of Danvers, Massachusetts, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 18 years in prison and five years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of ammunition. Hudson pleaded guilty to the charge on June 11, 2014.

Court records and evidence presented at the sentencing hearing reveal that on January 13, 2014, Hudson was living in a Lewiston townhouse apartment with his girlfriend and her young children. Shortly before 8:00a.m., he got into an argument with the father of those children when the father arrived to help them get on the school bus, as he did daily. Hudson retrieved a 9 mm handgun from the apartment, ran outside, chased and fired multiple shots at the father as nearby school children began filing outside to catch their bus. Hudson then fled the scene on foot.

A search of Hudson’s bedroom revealed a safe containing 38 rounds of ammunition, some of which matched that used to shoot at the father. Hudson hid from the police for several hours in a neighbor’s townhouse. He was captured three hours after the shooting. He refused to tell investigators where the handgun was hidden and it remains unrecovered.

As a result of prior convictions for drug trafficking offenses and violent felonies in
Massachusetts between 1997 and 2005, Hudson was subject to an enhanced sentence as an
Armed Career Criminal requiring a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison.

Judge Levy said that his main focus in imposing the lengthy sentence was the need to protect the public from further crimes by Hudson.

The investigation was conducted by the Lewiston Police Department, the Central Maine
Violent Crime Task Force and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Contact: Julia M. Lipez
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Robert
Richard, 26, of Gardiner, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to Interference with
Commerce by Robbery, in connection with the November 28, 2013 (Thanksgiving Day) robbery of the Rite Aid pharmacy in Bridgton, Maine.

Court records reveal that on Thanksgiving in 2013, Richard entered the Rite Aid in
Bridgton wearing a hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses, and a bandana, and handed the pharmacist a note that read, “All your oxycodone now!” The pharmacist handed Richard a bag containing oxycodone pills and Richard fled from the pharmacy in a car with a concealed license plate.

Richard faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bridgton
Police Department, with additional assistance provided by the Augusta and Gardiner Police
Departments, and the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department.

Contact: Julia M. Lipez
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Adam
White, 27, of Falmouth, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 130 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. White also was sentenced to 5 years of supervised release. White pleaded guilty in June 2014.

Court records reveal that on February 12, 2013, law enforcement officers stopped
White’s vehicle in Portland after investigation had revealed that he planned to conduct a drug transaction. The officers found about 400 grams of cocaine in the trunk of the car and a handgun and loaded magazine near the driver’s seat. Officers searched White’s home in Falmouth later that day and seized about 3 kilograms of cocaine, over $13,000 in cash, other items consistent with drug trafficking and a loaded handgun.

The investigation was conducted by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration; the Maine State Police; and the Portland, South Portland and
Falmouth Police Departments.

Contacts:  Julia M. Lipez and James W. Chapman, Jr.
Assistant United States Attorneys
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that brothers, Guillermo Fuentes of Westbrook, Maine and Hector Fuentes of Waterville, Maine, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for hiring ten or more undocumented aliens in a twelve-month period and making false statements. Guillermo Fuentes was sentenced to 37 months in prison to be followed by 2 years of supervised release. Hector
Fuentes was sentenced to 30 months in prison to be followed by 1 year of supervised release. Both were ordered to forfeit over $48,000 that was seized in connection with the investigation. The defendants pleaded guilty on June 16, 2014.

Court records reveal that the charges relate to the hiring of undocumented workers at the Fajita Grill restaurant in Westbrook, Maine, and to post-arrest statements the defendants made to law enforcement officers in September 2011 in which they falsely stated, among other things, that federally required documentation regarding the immigration status of employees had been properly completed.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s
Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector
General.

Contact: Craig M. Wolff
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David
William Burkman, 30, of Canon City, Colorado, pled guilty today in United States District
Court to sexually exploiting a child and transporting child pornography.

According to court records, in March of this year, Burkman engaged in sexually explicit conduct with a six-year-old girl and took photographs of the conduct. In April, Burkman sent an email message to the undercover email account of a Special Agent with Homeland Security
Investigations in Maine. Attached to the email was one of the photographs of the girl. Burkman was arrested in May and a search warrant was executed at his residence. During an interview after his arrest, he admitted engaging in sexual activity with the six-year-old girl, taking photographs of the activity, and sharing the photographs online.

Burkman faces a sentence of no less than 25 years and no more than 50 years of imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, and supervised release of up to life on the sexual exploitation charge. He faces a sentence of no less than 15 years and no more than 40 years of imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, and supervised release of up to life on the transportation charge. Burkman’s mandatory minimum and maximum sentences on both charges are increased because of a prior child pornography conviction. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the United States Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s
Homeland Security Investigations and the Colorado Springs Police Department.

Contact: Michael J. Conley
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kyle
Desmarais, 32, of Biddeford, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy
Torresen to 2 ½ years in prison for pharmacy robbery. Desmarais pleaded guilty to the charge on June 20, 2014.

According to court records, on February 13, 2014, Desmarais drove Billy Schildroth to a
Rite Aid pharmacy located in Old Orchard Beach, so that Schildroth could rob the pharmacy. Schildroth absconded with Oxycontin (oxycodone) and Suboxone (buprenorphine) after putting his hand inside his coat and telling the pharmacist that he had “a gun and five bullets” and not to alert anyone or he would shoot the pharmacist in the face. After the robbery, Desmarais drove Schildroth away knowing that he had committed the robbery.

Schildroth pleaded guilty on August 1, 2014 and is scheduled to be sentenced on
November 18, 2014. Schildroth faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Old
Orchard Beach Police Department.

Contact: F. Todd Lowell
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Glenn
G. Watson, 63, of Bangor, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to four months in prison and one year of supervised release and fined $1,736 for cocaine possession. He was also ordered to pay the costs of the testing the cocaine seized from him. The defendant pleaded guilty on August 28, 2014.

On June 24, 2014, Watson was in a vehicle parked in Acadia National Park. A ranger approached the vehicle and smelled marijuana. The defendant admitted smoking marijuana and having it in the vehicle and agreed to a search of the vehicle. The ranger found four grams of cocaine in the vehicle and seized $2,001 from the defendant and the vehicle.
The case was investigated by the U.S. National Park Service.

Contact: Daniel J. Perry
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Brian
Wilkerson, 36, of Dorchester, Massachusetts was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by
Judge George Z. Singal to 15 years in prison and eight years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute cocaine. Wilkerson pleaded guilty on October 28, 2013.

According to court records, from early 2012 until June 2013, Wilkerson supplied kilogram quantities of cocaine to David Goyette in Auburn, Maine. Goyette and others distributed the cocaine to customers in the greater Lewiston/Auburn area. Goyette pleaded guilty to conspiracy and cocaine distribution charges on August 29, 2014 and awaits sentencing.

This case results from a joint investigation conducted by the United States Drug
Enforcement Administration, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Lewiston and Auburn
Police Departments and the ongoing effort of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task
Forces (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.

Contact: Craig M. Wolff
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ryan
McLaughlin, 27, of Gardiner, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D.
Brock Hornby to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release for pharmacy robbery. McLaughlin pleaded guilty on April 17, 2014.

According to court records, on November 13, 2013, McLaughlin entered the Shaw’s
Osco pharmacy in Augusta and handed a note to a pharmacy employee demanding two bottles of
Oxycodone. He was agitated as he spoke with the pharmacy staff, stating that he was in a hurry and demanding that they move faster. He also kept one of his hands in his pocket during the incident, as if he were concealing something. Pharmacy personnel provided him with two bottles of Oxycodone and he left the store. In an interview after his arrest, McLaughlin admitted robbing the store and said he had committed the robbery to obtain pills to feed his severe addiction.

The investigation was conducted by the Augusta Police Department and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.

Contact: Darcie N. McElwee
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Theodore “Ted” Thomes, 55, and his wife, Renee Thomes, 51, both formerly of Windham, Maine, now of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty this week, in U.S. District Court, to firearms charges. Ted Thomes was convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms. Renee
Thomes was convicted of knowingly transferring firearms to a non-Maine resident.

According to evidence presented at the plea hearing, prior to July 2011, Renee Thomes acquired several handguns belonging to a Windham neighbor for whom the couple served as caretakers. In December 2011, Ted Thomes, a convicted felon who had previously been convicted in Maine for being a felon in possession of firearms, took the handguns to the home of another neighbor. In June 2012, Renee Thomes retrieved the handguns and illegally gave them to a New Hampshire auctioneer.

Ted Thomes faces up to 10 years in prison. Renee Thomes faces up to five years in prison. Both face a $250,000 fine. They will be sentenced after completion of presentence investigation reports by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the Windham Police Department, the Maine
Attorney General’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Contact: Darcie N. McElwee
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Garry
Collins, 46, of Brunswick, Maine, pleaded guilty today, in U.S. District Court in Portland to possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base.

According to evidence presented at the plea hearing, on June 3, 2013, Collins and others packaged crack cocaine for distribution at a Portland hotel. The next day, he was found by
Portland Police officers with crack cocaine and arrested.

Collins faces between 10 years and life in prison. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the Portland Police Department, the Maine Drug
Enforcement Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Contact: Craig M. Wolff
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jeffrey
Burnham, 42, of Arundel, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George
Z. Singal to 1½ years in prison and 3 years of supervised release for theft by a bank officer.
Burnham pleaded guilty on June 10, 2014.

According to court records, from about February 2011 to February 2012, Burnham, who was a Vice President with TD Bank, stole about $240,000 from the bank. Burnham used his corporate credit card to charge personal expenditures at several gentlemen’s clubs located in
Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Florida and then submitted false expense reports and other false information that caused the bank to pay for those personal expenditures. Burnham also gave TD Bank gift cards that were designed to be given as gifts to TD Bank clients instead to employees of the gentlemen’s clubs.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Contact: Michael J. Conley
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Lawrence Young, 54, of Lebanon, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court before Judge
D. Brock Hornby to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court records, Young was discovered hunting with a 16-gauge shotgun in the area of Acton, Maine on May 1, 2014. Young was prohibited from possessing firearms on account of two prior felony convictions.

Young faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the Maine State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Contact: Julia M. Lipez
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Robert
Richard, 26, of Gardiner, Maine, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Portland on Tuesday and charged with Interference with Commerce by Robbery, in connection with the November 28, 2013 (Thanksgiving Day) robbery of the Rite Aid pharmacy in Bridgton, Maine.

Court records reveal that Richard was arrested and made his first appearance in federal court yesterday. A detention hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, September 30, 2014. If convicted, Richard faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bridgton Police
Department, with assistance from the Augusta and Gardiner Police Departments, and the
Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office.

An indictment is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Contact: Darcie N. McElwee
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
William McBroom-Stees, 42, of Springfield, Missouri, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S.
District Court to interstate stalking. The defendant was indicted on June 3 and a superseding indictment was returned on September 10.

According to the superseding indictment and evidence introduced at the plea hearing, between November 9 and November 21, 2013, McBroom-Stees made threatening telephone calls from Missouri to his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child while she was driving from Illinois to
Rockland, Maine, where she was relocating. In the calls and text messages, McBroom-Stees threatened to kill and harm her, her immediate family, and others. On November 13, McBroom-
Stees threatened that if she did not return to Missouri by their child’s birthday, he would “start the worst f***ing bloodbath in America” and dared the police to come after him. That call was recorded by the victim with the help of a Knox County Sheriff’s Office detective. Phone records revealed McBroom-Stees placed hundreds of calls and sent numerous text messages to the victim, many of which were threatening, causing substantial emotional distress to the victim and her family.

McBroom-Stees faces up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, the Rockland
Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Contact: Craig M. Wolff
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Joel
Dudley, 30, of Westbrook, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z.
Singal to 8 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography and testifying falsely under oath during a court hearing. Dudley was convicted following separate jury trials in February and April.

According to evidence introduced at the two trials, in August 2012, federal agents and local police executed a search warrant at Dudley’s apartment in Westbrook and seized two
DVDs later found to contain numerous child pornography videos.

In April 2013, Dudley testified at a hearing on a motion to suppress evidence he filed in the child pornography case. At the hearing, held in U.S. District Court in Portland, Dudley falsely testified that he had repeatedly invoked his right to counsel during an interview with law enforcement agents, but that the agents had continued to question him in violation of his constitutional rights.

The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s
Homeland Security Investigations and the Westbrook Police Department.

Contact: Gail Fisk Malone
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Samuel
Gravely, 28, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy
Torresen to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for interstate transportation of three women for prostitution. On November 20, 2013, Gravely pleaded guilty plea to the charge.

According to the indictment and trial evidence, on March 27, 2013, Gravely and co- defendant, Fritz Blanchard, caused a 20-year-old Presque Isle woman and a 17-year-old Portland minor to work as prostitutes at a Portland hotel, advertising their services on backpage.com. On
March 28, Gravely and Blanchard drove the two women, and a 19-year-old Portland woman, from Portland to Boston intending that the three work as prostitutes there. When they arrived in
Boston, Blanchard took two of the women to a downtown street and told them how to attract customers and engage in prostitution.

Blanchard was convicted of aiding and abetting interstate transportation for prostitution after a four-day jury trial that ended on August 28, 2014. He awaits sentencing.

The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland
Security Investigations, with assistance from the Boston Police Department; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Portland, Presque Isle, Old Town, Brunswick and Saco Police Departments; the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

Contact: Craig M. Wolff
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Andrew Silva, 30, of Lewiston, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy
Torresen to 2 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Silva pleaded guilty on May 21, 2014.

According to court records, on September 12, 2012, officers from the Lewiston Police
Department responded to a reported domestic incident. When Silva was arrested in connection with the incident, a round of .22 caliber ammunition was found in his pocket. Officers then obtained a search warrant and found a loaded .22 caliber pistol in the living room closet of the apartment in which Silva was arrested. Silva was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because of a prior felony conviction for aggravated assault.

The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives, and the Lewiston Police Department.

Contact: James M. Moore
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kevin
Anderson, 46, of Mullica Township, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to unlawful possession of firearms.

Court records reveal during a July 12, 2013 probation home check at a Moose River, Maine residence, probation officers discovered seven firearms, including, four handguns, in the defendant’s bedroom. The defendant was prohibited from possessing handguns because of three prior felony convictions.

Anderson faces up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives, the Maine Probation and Parole Office, the United States Border Patrol, the
Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine Warden Service.

Contact: Joel B. Casey
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Nicholas McDonald, 33, of Eddington, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by
Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 75 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm by a felon. He pleaded guilty on March 4, 2014.

According to Court records, on April 5, 2013, the defendant was arrested after he fled from a vehicle that was stopped by law enforcement agents in Holden, Maine. He was found hiding in the woods nearby. Following his arrest, he was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment where agents discovered a package of heroin concealed inside his body. In the vehicle, agents found a safe containing a Sig Sauer Model P226, 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, a digital scale, and items typically used to package illegal drugs. The defendant’s DNA was found on the safe and firearm. He was prohibited from possession firearms because he was convicted in
Maine in 2006 of felony failure to report to serve a sentence of imprisonment.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the
Holden Police Department, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department, with the assistance of the Brewer Police Department, the Maine State Police, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Contact: Michael J. Conley
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jason
Campbell, 40, of Portland, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 2 years in prison for pharmacy robbery. Campbell pleaded guilty to the charge on May 14, 2014.

According to court records and evidence introduced at the plea hearing, on April 11, 2014, Campbell entered the CVS pharmacy on Congress Street in Portland carrying a backpack.
As he approached the pharmacy counter, he opened the backpack, said he had a “bomb,” displayed what appeared to be a soda bottle with wires attached to it, and told the pharmacist to evacuate the CVS and to close the gate in front of the store. He demanded the opioid pain medications Duragesic (fentanyl), demerol and dilaudid and absconded after being given the narcotics. He disposed of his outer clothing and the backpack in a nearby trash can. He was located a short time later in the vicinity of his Portland residence and some of the stolen narcotics were recovered. The investigation revealed that the bomb was not an explosive device.

In imposing sentence, Judge Levy noted, among other things, that “gas bombs are designed to cause terror” and that Campbell’s conduct “put many people at risk.” Judge Levy also cited Campbell’s lack of criminal history and his life-long battle with severe mental health issues as the basis for the sentence.

The investigation was conducted by the Portland Police Department and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.

Contact: Halsey B. Frank
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Elbert
Ranquist, 43, of Rockland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy
Torresen to 43 months in prison and three years of supervised release for pharmacy robbery. Ranquist pleaded guilty to the charge on April 17, 2014.

According to court documents, on the evening of August 5, 2013, Ranquist drove to
Jensen’s Pharmacy in Rockland in his wife’s distinctive vehicle. He entered the pharmacy wearing sunglasses, a hooded sweatshirt pulled tight around his face, a small blue backpack and blue surgical gloves. He went to the counter holding a knife in his left hand and demanded oxycodone from the pharmacist. The pharmacist, who recognized the defendant as a regular customer, asked out loud if he was really being robbed by “Elbert Ranquist.” The defendant absconded with 10 5mg oxycodone pills.

In pronouncing sentence, Judge Torresen stated that Ranquist had been in a vicious cycle with drugs for years in which he tried to self-medicate and solve personal and family problems but only caused himself more problems.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Rockland Police
Department, the Maine State Police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Contact: Donald E. Clark
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Keith
A. Coleman, 48, of Windham, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy
Torresen to eight months in prison and three years of supervised release for passing $19,000 worth of counterfeit $100 American Express traveler’s checks. He was also ordered to pay
$19,000 in restitution. He pled guilty to the charge on May 1, 2014.

According to court records and information disclosed at his sentencing hearing, between December 17, 2013 and January 10, 2014, the defendant passed 190 counterfeit $100
American Express traveler’s checks at Applebee’s, Best Buy, CVS Caremark, Denny’s, TGI
Fridays, Longhorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Radio Shack, Rite Aid, Ruby Tuesday, Staples, Target and Toys ‘R Us in Maine and Massachusetts.

This case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and the Auburn, Augusta, Biddeford, South Portland and Topsham, Maine and the Everett, Massachusetts Police
Departments.

Contact: Darcie N. McElwee
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced Jermaine
Whindleton, a/k/a “Sin,” 28, formerly of Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S.
District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Whindleton was convicted on April 9, 2014 following a two-day jury trial.

According to trial evidence and court documents, in 2009, Whindleton was convicted in
Massachusetts of felony drug and assault charges. Several years earlier, he had also been convicted in New York of felony drug and assault charges. On June 12, 2012, Whindleton used a
Mossberg 16 gauge pump-action shotgun in Porter, Maine to assault a drug associate by striking him on the back of his head with the butt end of the firearm during an argument over a drug debt owed to Whindleton.

As a result of prior convictions, Whindleton was subject to an enhanced sentence as an
Armed Career Criminal requiring a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison.

The investigation was conducted by the Maine State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Contact: Daniel J. Perry
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David
Goyette, 27, of Auburn, Maine, pleaded guilty last Friday in U.S. District Court in Portland to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of crack cocaine.

According to court records, from 2011 through June 2013, Goyette obtained kilogram quantities of cocaine from Massachusetts, cooked some of it into crack cocaine and distributed both substances in the greater Lewiston/Auburn area. On June 3, 2013, Goyette telephonically made plans to meet his supplier the next day in Boston. The next day, law enforcement agents followed Goyette as he drove from Auburn to Boston. In Boston, law enforcement agents watched as Goyette and his supplier met and then left in separate vehicles. Shortly thereafter, both vehicles were stopped and agents recovered about $25,000 in the supplier’s vehicle. On
June 4, 2013, search warrants were executed at Goyette’s and his mother’s residences. In a closet outside the mother’s apartment, agents recovered about 500 grams of cocaine and a digital scale. Inside Goyette’s apartment, agents recovered expensive jewelry.

The defendant faces between five and 40 years in prison and a $5,000,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation
Office.

The joint investigation was conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Auburn Police Department, and the ongoing effort of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.

Contact: Gail Fisk Malone
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Fritz
Blanchard, 28, of Boston, Massachusetts, was found guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court of aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of women for prostitution following a four-day jury trial in Portland.

According to the indictment and trial evidence, on March 27, 2013, Blanchard and
Samuel Gravely caused a Presque Isle woman and a Portland woman to engage in prostitution at a Portland hotel, advertising their services on backpage.com. The next day, Blanchard and
Gravely drove the two women, and another Portland woman, from Portland to Boston intending that the three work as prostitutes there. When they arrived in Boston, Blanchard took two of the women to a downtown street and told them how to attract customers and engage in prostitution.

Blanchard faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office. On November 20, 2013, Gravely pled guilty to interstate transportation of women for prostitution. He awaits sentencing.

The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland
Security Investigations, with assistance from the Boston Police Department; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Portland, Presque Isle, Old Town, Brunswick and Saco Police Departments; the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

Contact: James Chapman
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II and Deputy Assistant
Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Ronald A. Cimino, announced today that F. William Messier, 70, and David E. Robinson, 75, both of Brunswick, Maine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Portland and charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding and impairing the Internal Revenue Services (IRS). Messier was also charged with failure to file income tax returns for the years 2008 through 2012, and corruptly endeavoring to impede the IRS.

According to the court documents, Messier has not filed a federal income tax return since
1997. The IRS assessed taxes, interest and penalties against Messier totaling $172,000 for the years 2000 to 2004. In addition, from 2006 to 2012, Messier earned more than $390,000 in gross income from renting antennae space on radio communication towers that Messier owned and by renting access to his property to customers who constructed their own communications towers or located electronic equipment on the property.

David E. Robinson claims to be the “Interim Attorney General” of the “Maine Republic
Free State.” The indictment alleges that after the IRS sent Notices of Levy to Messier’s customers, Robinson and Messier took a number of steps beginning in 2012 to obstruct and impede the IRS, including presenting the IRS with a fake and worthless money order for the amount due by Messier, and sending threatening and harassing documents to Messier’s customers urging them not to cooperate with the IRS.

Messier faces up to 13 years in prison and fines totaling $1,000,000 if convicted on all counts. Robinson faces up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The defendants are scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Portland on September 5, 2014 at 9:00 and 9:30 a.m.

The case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation.

An indictment is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Contact: Joel B. Casey
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Moises
Soto, 53, formerly of Corpus Christi, Texas, was sentenced yesterday to 4 years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture more than 1,000 marijuana plants and harboring an illegal alien. Soto pled guilty to the charges on July 30, 2013.

Soto’s conviction stems from his involvement in large, sophisticated marijuana growing operations in Penobscot and Washington counties that operated between 2006 and 2009. In late
2007, just weeks after becoming a naturalized U.S. Citizen, Soto was asked by coconspirator
Malcolm French to obtain illegal alien migrant workers to process marijuana that had been harvested from Township 37 in Washington County. The defendant agreed to do so and located three migrant workers in Florida. The workers were told they would be planting Christmas trees. After they were brought to Maine, Soto told them that they would be processing marijuana. The migrant workers did not speak English. Soto periodically checked in on their work and translated instructions to them from other members of the conspiracy. In 2008 and
2009, the defendant obtained additional illegal alien migrant workers to grow and process marijuana, checked in on their work and translated for them.

On September 22, 2009, law enforcement agents discovered the marijuana grow in
Township 37 with several of the migrant workers tending the plants. The workers and two
American coconspirators -- Rodney Russell and Scott MacPherson -- fled into the woods to avoid arrest. Investigators seized 2,943 marijuana plants. The workers were brought by Robert
Berg and Scott MacPherson to Berg’s residence in Corinna, Maine. Thereafter, Soto arranged for an alien smuggler, or “coyote,” to pick up the workers and drive them out of state. Soto then fled to Mexico where he remained until turning himself in to authorities in Texas in
2013. Agents located three of the workers three years later and they cooperated with the investigation.

In January 2014, Malcolm French, Rodney Russell, Kendall Chase, and Haynes
Timberland, Inc., were convicted of related charges following a jury trial and await sentencing. Robert Berg, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to the operation of the marijuana grow in January 2014.

The investigation was conducted by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Division and U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

Contact: Michael J. Conley
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Andrew Cupidore, 21, of New York, New York, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court before
Judge D. Brock Hornby to passing counterfeit U.S currency.

According to court records, on April 21, 2014, a police officer patrolling the Maine Mall in South Portland located four female minors from New York who were using counterfeit $100 bills to pay for purchases in the mall. The officer seized over $1000 in counterfeit $100 bills from the minors. The investigation revealed that Cupidore gave the minors the counterfeit bills and told them to pass them in the mall and to return change from the transactions to him.
Officers located Cupidore hiding in a mall restroom and seized nine counterfeit $100 bills from him.

Cupidore faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Secret Service, the South Portland Police
Department and the Seabrook and Newington, New Hampshire Police Departments.

Contact: F. Todd Lowell
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jason
K. Stockmar, 28, of Augusta, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to stealing mail and postal money orders while employed by the United States Postal Service (USPS).

According to court documents, Stockmar was hired by the USPS in 2011. He was the
Postmaster Relief of the East Vassalboro, Maine Post Office when he stole about 25 to 30 pieces of customer mail between about December 1, 2012, and April 21, 2013. Stockmar took cash, checks, and gift cards from that mail. He also took 20 blank postal money orders from a safe in the East Vassalboro Post Office.

Stockmar faces a sentence of up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation
Office.

The case was investigated by the USPS Office of the Inspector General.

Contact: Joel B. Casey
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Apolinar Ortiz Islas, a/k/a “Polo”, 44, formerly of Houston, Texas was sentenced on
Wednesday, August 13, in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 14 years and 2 months imprisonment after being found guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, following a three day trial in October 2013.

Evidence at trial established that Ortiz-Islas was the Houston based source of cocaine for a group of Canadian drug traffickers from New Brunswick, Canada. The Canadian traffickers would smuggle hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash into Northern Maine and have it transported to Houston where it was used to pay Ortiz-Islas for kilograms of cocaine. The cocaine would then be transported back to Maine and smuggled into Canada. Testimony at trial indicated that Ortiz-Islas was obtaining the cocaine from a source in Mexico. Evidence further established that the conspiracy operated in this manner for approximately two years. Ortiz-Islas was arrested in Houston in September 2012 as he attempted to deliver ten kilograms of cocaine to an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a courier for the Canadian drug traffickers.

The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security
Investigations Office in Houlton, Maine, with assistance provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration in Houston, Texas, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Contact: Halsey B. Frank
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Sharon Conley, 56, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced by United States District Judge D. Brock
Hornby to 3 years imprisonment, 3 years supervised release and $72,282.03 restitution for one count of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, one count of Social Security fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Conley pleaded guilty on April 3, 2014.

According to court documents, Paul Bridges and Susan Winslow lived on Peaks Island where Paul Bridges owned and operated a handyman business called “Call Paul” which provided repair services to the residents of Peaks Island. In about 2005, Bridges employed their friend and neighbor on Peaks Island, Sharon Conley, as a contract cleaner for Call Paul, and later, as a bookkeeper for Call Paul. In this way, Conley gained access and control of Bridges’ and
Winslow’s personal and business information and financial accounts.

In November of 2009, without Susan Winslow’s knowledge or permission, Sharon
Conley obtained a Chase Bank credit card issued in Susan Winslow’s name. In order to do so, Conley pretended to be Winslow and provided Chase Bank with Winslow’s identifying information including Winslow’s date of birth, Social Security number, and mother’s maiden name in order to confirm her identity. Conley used the card to purchase personal items for herself and to pay bills such as her monthly telephone bill. Between about February 2010 until about October of 2010 when Paul Bridges and Susan Winslow discovered Conley’s fraud and confronted Conley about it, Conley made approximately $15,585 worth of unauthorized, personal purchases using the Chase Bank credit card.

At sentencing, the government presented information that Conley also made unauthorized use of other Call Paul business accounts, Susan Winslow’s personal bank account, a home equity line of credit on the Bridges/Winslow home, and of US Air Mastercard convenience checks. Conley also double-billed one of Call Paul’s customers.

In pronouncing sentence, Judge Hornby observed that, sadly, the court has been seeing more case of financial fraud, some in banks; others in small businesses. Such cases cause a serious breach of trust. They affect the social fabric of a community and cause divisions, especially on a small island such as Peaks. He affirmed that the evidence made clear that the defendant was guilty, and that any belief that she was an innocent person railroaded was mistaken.

The case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service and Portland
Police Department.

Contact: Darcie N. McElwee
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that
U. S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen sitting in Portland on Friday sentenced Robert
Pecora, 26, to 37 months in federal prison for committing an armed pharmacy robbery and criminal contempt of court.

Court records reveal that on about September 21, 2013, Pecora traveled from New
Hampshire to Kittery, Maine on a bicycle. He went to the Rite-Aid pharmacy counter on
Shapleigh Road in Kittery and presented a piece of paper believed to be a prescription. Pecora then displayed a knife and pointed it at a pharmacy employee and demanded Oxycontin. When the medicine safe was opened, Pecora instead demanded Percocet and was given 300 pills.
Pecora then immediately entered the pharmacy bathroom where responding Kittery Police patrol officers located him. He had a light blue powdery residue on his upper lip. Pecora confessed to the robbery, was arrested and taken from the store in handcuffs.

Following his arrest, Pecora was released on bail conditions in February 2014 which required him to remain at an addiction recovery center in Dover, New Hampshire. The conditions of release also prohibited him from possessing a firearm.

During the evening of March 20, 2014, Pecora left the addiction recovery center without permission and later that same night committed a burglary of a residence in Greenland, New
Hampshire, during which he stole three firearms, $1,000 in cash and a motor vehicle. Pecora remained at large until arrested by authorities in Keene, New Hampshire on March 25, 2014. The three stolen firearms have yet to be recovered. Following his incarceration, Pecora will be on federal supervised release for three years.

The investigation was conducted by the Kittery Police Department, the Greenland and
Keene (New Hampshire) Police Departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Contact: Michael J. Conley
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Billy
Schildroth, 37, of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court before
Judge Nancy Torresen to pharmacy robbery.

According to court records and evidence introduced at the plea hearing, on February 13, 2014, Kyle Desmarais drove Billy Schildroth to a Rite Aid pharmacy located in Old Orchard
Beach so that Schildroth could rob the pharmacy. Schildroth absconded with Oxycontin
(oxycodone) and Suboxone (buprenorphine) after putting his hand inside his coat and telling the pharmacist that he had “a gun and five bullets” and not to alert anyone or he would shoot the pharmacist in the face.

On June 20, 2014, Desmarais pled guilty to aiding and abetting pharmacy robbery.

Schildroth faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Old
Orchard Beach Police Department.

Contact: Craig M. Wolff
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jay
Dandreo, 52, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was convicted yesterday after a two-day jury trial in U.S.
District Court in Portland of willfully failing to pay child support and possession with the intent to manufacture or distribute marijuana.

According to evidence introduced at trial, in May 2004, the Maine Department of Health
& Human Services (MDHHS) ordered Dandreo to pay for the support of his four minor children.
Between May 2004 and November 2013, Dandreo knowingly and intentionally failed to make any child support payments, resulting in an unpaid obligation of about $70,000. In August 2012, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) investigators searched property located in Limerick, Maine owned by Dandreo’s father and seized marijuana plants growing at several locations on the property, as well as drug distribution paraphernalia and several firearms.

Dandreo faces up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the child support charge and up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the drug charge. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General; MDHHS, Office of Family Independence, Division of Support
Enforcement & Recovery; and MDEA.

Contact: Darcie N. McElwee
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Derek
Hinkley, a/k/a “Ethan Hinkley,”30, of Lewiston, Maine, and formerly of Strong, was sentenced yesterday in U.S District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to 25 years in prison and supervised release for life for sexual exploitation of a child. Hinkley pled guilty on January 30, 2014.

On July 17, 2012, Hinkley invited two boys, ages 12 and 15, to spend the night at his apartment telling the boys that he was 18 years old. Upon arrival at his apartment, Hinkley used a laptop computer to show them pornography and then, brandishing a knife, forced both to masturbate and play with a sex toy. On July 18, 2012, shortly after midnight, Hinkley used a webcam on his computer to capture and disseminate live over the internet on a social media website the image of the older boy masturbating at knifepoint. On July 19, 2012, Hinkley’s apartment was searched and detectives seized the computer and the sex toy. A forensic analysis of the computer revealed that Hinkley used the social media website at the same time reported by the victims. On July 20, 2012, Hinkley confessed to committing the crime.

The charge required imposition of a mandatory minimum 15 year term in prison. In imposing sentence, Judge Torresen said: "You do have a very serious problem and I can't be comfortable that others will be protected unless I give you a very serious sentence."

The investigation was conducted by the Lewiston Police Department and U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

Contact: Jim Moore
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Pierre
Poulin, 40, of St. Martin, Quebec pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to illegally smuggling his wife, a citizen of Brazil, into the United States.

According to court records, on July 17, 2014, Poulin used an ATV to drive his wife to a wooded area near the international border and then drove his vehicle to the Jackman, Maine Port of Entry intending to pick her up several miles south of the Port. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) Officers at the Port became suspicious when Poulin claimed to be traveling alone, but had in his vehicle, his wife’s passport, female clothing and a purse. His wife was located by Border
Patrol agents later that day near the border.

Poulin faces up to 10 years of in prison and a $250,000 fine, or both. He will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by CBP and the Border Patrol, agencies of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.

Contact: Andrew McCormack
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David
Livingston Brown, 40, of Corinth, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to possession of child pornography.

According to court records, in April 2013, the defendant emailed a video containing child pornography to an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent. On July 18, 2013, a search warrant was executed at the defendant’s residence in Corinth. The defendant admitted sending and receiving images of child pornography by email and collecting hundreds of images and videos of child pornography over several years. A forensic examination of computers and computer storage devices seized from the residence revealed hundreds of images and videos of child pornography.

The defendant faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted jointly by the FBI and the Maine State Police Computer
Crimes Unit. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child
Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the
Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe
Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

Contact: F. Todd Lowell
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Lynn
M. Bowden, 63, of Bucksport, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to
97 months in prison and five years of supervised release for embezzlement by a bank employee and tax fraud. She was also ordered to pay $3,822,166.27 in restitution. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charges on February 19, 2014.

According to court documents, Bowden was employed by Merrill Merchants Bank
(“Merrill”) in May 2004. Chittenden Corporation acquired Merrill in 2007. People’s United
Bank acquired Chittenden Corporation in 2008. Bowden maintained her employment through these acquisitions. In October 2012, she was working as a wealth management officer managing over 200 trust and investment management accounts when her embezzlement was discovered.

The investigation revealed that from April 4, 2005 to September 26, 2012, Bowden embezzled $2,990,429.65 from client accounts that she managed by transferring the funds into her personal accounts. She used all of the money for herself and family members. Bowden failed to report this income to the Internal Revenue Service on her tax returns causing a tax loss of more than $750,000 for the period from 2007 to 2011. On October 26, 2012, the bank terminated her employment, and ultimately reimbursed customers for their losses.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal
Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations.

Contact: Michael J. Conley
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Abdullahi Nur, 26, of Portland, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z.
Singal to 10 years in prison for crack cocaine trafficking. Nur was convicted following a jury trial in October 2013.

According to court records, Nur regularly acquired crack cocaine in Boston and distributed it in the greater Portland area. He was involved in two traffic stops over three months in 2011 during which narcotics were seized. The Wells Police Department stopped Nur on July
31, 2011 and seized from the trunk 174 30 mg. Oxycodone pills located on top of a 9mm Smith and Wesson Sigma semi-automatic handgun on which Nur’s DNA was found. The weapon was used in a shooting in South Portland less than two weeks prior to the traffic stop. The
Scarborough Police Department stopped Nur at 2:00 a.m. on October 25, 2011. Nur got out of the vehicle and fled on foot into a nearby wooded area. Police officers eventually arrested him and seized crack cocaine. Nur admitted that he sold drugs to make money and travelled to
Boston weekly to pick up an ounce of crack for resale in Portland.

In imposing the lengthy sentence, Judge Singal noted, among other things, Nur’s lengthy criminal history, his long-time involvement in drug trafficking, his possession of a firearm during his drug trafficking, and his contemptuous conduct during his trial.

The investigation was conducted by the Scarborough, Wells and South Portland Police
Departments; the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; and the Southern Maine Gang Task Force which is comprised of investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; and the Portland and Biddeford Police Departments.

Contact: Darcie N. McElwee
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Gary
Irving, a/k/a “Gregory Irving” and “Gregg Irving,” 54, of Gorham, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 81 months in prison and three years of supervised release for being a fugitive in possession of firearms and aggravated identity theft. Irving pleaded guilty to the charges on March 27, 2014, a year after his apprehension for being a fugitive for 34 years.

Court records reveal that Irving was arrested in Maine on March 27, 2013 on a fugitive warrant from Massachusetts for a 1979 conviction for rape and other crimes. At the time of his arrest, he had nine firearms in his residence, including two illegal short-barreled firearms. He had been living in Maine under a false identity since 1979. He fraudulently used his brother’s name and social security number and an incorrect date of birth to renew his driver’s license. For more than 16 of his years in Maine, he illegally used firearms to hunt.
The aggravated identity theft charge required imposition of a consecutive mandatory minimum two year term in prison because Irving knew the social security number he illegally used belonged to an actual person. In imposing sentence, Judge Singal said: “This isn't a victimless crime, even on his own family. In my view, that's a serious set of events and deserves a serious sentence."
Norfolk (Mass) District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey, whose office secured a 36 to 40 year state prison sentence in May 2013 for Irving’s rape and kidnapping convictions said “the
Maine State Police and all of the law enforcement partners who have been part of this investigation and prosecution have done exemplary work.” He added “This is a man with a proven capacity for extreme brutality. Law enforcement works best with cooperation across the local, state and federal levels. That partnership here has made the public safer.”
The investigation was conducted by the Massachusetts and Maine State Police, the
Gorham Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Social Security Administration - Office of Inspector
General.

Contact: Halsey B. Frank
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that John
E. Williams, 33, of Gray, Maine pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to passing counterfeit United States currency.

According to court documents, on November 15, 2012, the defendant used a counterfeit
$100 bill to buy $18.51 worth of merchandise at the Advanced Auto Parts store in Windham. On
November 26, 2012, he used a counterfeit $50 bill to buy kerosene at the Big Apple store in
Windham. The counterfeit currency was created with an inkjet printer and bleached currency of lower denominations. Law enforcement agents searched the defendant’s residence in Raymond and his vehicles on November 28, 2012 and seized counterfeiting materials.

Williams faces up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service, the Scarborough, Windham, Raymond, Paris, Oxford, Saco, Kittery, and Auburn Police Departments, and the
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

Contact: F. Todd Lowell
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that
John C. Slater, 66, of Gardiner, Maine, was arrested in New Hampshire and charged in U.S.
District Court in Bangor by criminal complaint with bank robbery. The charge arises from the
June 23, 2014 bank robbery of the Bank of Maine, in Hallowell, Maine.

According to court records, Slater robbed $15,000 from the Bank of Maine after handing a bank employee a note that read: “Im Here to Rob your Bank, no silent Alarms my cell phone rings, your all dead, I have a hand grenade, and a gun, no marked bills, or inked, if so, one day I will come back and kill all of you, do you understand.???’

The defendant will make an initial appearance in the U.S. District Court in Bangor today at noon.

The defendant faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Maine State
Police, and the Hallowell police department.

A complaint is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Contact: Andrew McCormack
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Patrik
Arsenault, 27, most recently of Norridgewock, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to sexual exploitation of a minor and transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography. He was indicted on the charges on October 16, 2013.

According to court records, in June and July of 2013, the defendant, a former special education teacher, sexually abused three minors and recorded images and videos of the abuse. The defendant then sent recordings of the abuse of two of the minors, as well as other images of child pornography, to several e-mail trading partners. The defendant also received images of child pornography from his trading partners. On August 21, 2013, law enforcement agents seized a hard drive during the execution of a search warrant at the defendant’s residence. A forensic examination revealed videos of the defendant’s abuse of the two minors and over 7,500 images and 250 videos depicting child pornography.

“I would like to thank my agents for their tireless efforts, in pursuing those individuals who would use their position of trust to carry out these unthinkable acts”, said Bruce Foucart, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security
Investigations (HSI) in Boston. “I would also like to thank our partners in the Maine State Police
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit for their constant support and dedication in tackling these disturbing types of crimes.”

Arsenault faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and up to 30 years in prison on the sexual exploitation charges, a minimum of 5 years and up to 20 years in prison on the transportation and receipt of child pornography charges, and up to 20 years in prison on the child pornography possession charge. He also faces a fine of up to a $250,000 on each count. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation
Office.

The investigation was conducted jointly by HSI, the Maine State Police, and the Maine
State Police Computer Crimes Unit. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the
Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

Contact: Joel B. Casey
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Kenneth Robinson, a/k/a “Kill”, 46, of New York, New York, was sentenced today to 100 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute oxycodone and cocaine. He pled guilty to the charge in March 2013.

His conviction stems from his involvement in a large drug trafficking conspiracy operated by Maurice McCray in Central Maine. Court records reveal that between May 2009 and May 2012, Robinson supplied oxycodone to McCray for distribution by a network of conspirators. The conspiracy was dismantled following a three month investigation that revealed the details of McCray’s drug distribution operation and its membership.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Contact: Donald E. Clark
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Mei Ya
Zhang, 29, of Waterville, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge
John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 15 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for harboring undocumented aliens for commercial advantage and private financial gain, money laundering conspiracy, and conspiracy to file false employer's quarterly federal tax returns. She was also ordered to pay more than $88,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS). Zhang pled guilty to the charges on June 5, 2013.

According to court records, between 2006 and 2011, the defendant was the manager of the Twin Super Buffet, located on State Street in Brewer, Maine. In that capacity, she managed a Chinese buffet restaurant that brought undocumented aliens into Maine to work, had them work six days per week, eight to 10.5 hours per day, housed them in squalid conditions at a residence on Elm Street in Brewer, transported them back and forth each day to work, paid them under the table with cash generated illegally by the employment of undocumented aliens, and filed numerous false quarterly employment tax returns in which the undocumented aliens were not disclosed and employment taxes were not properly withheld or paid. The investigation revealed that about half of the employees at the buffet over that period were undocumented, and that the defendant’s activities concealed about $400,000 in wages and thwarted the collection of about $88,000 in employment taxes.

In imposing sentence, Chief Judge Woodcock noted that a primary obligation of citizenship is to obey the law. In this case, over a five year period, the defendant illegally hired undocumented aliens and paid them in cash under the table even after telling federal agents that she had stopped doing so. As a result, she unfairly competed with legitimate restaurants that paid their employees fair wages and that properly withheld and remitted employment taxes to the government.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s
Homeland Security Investigations; IRS-Criminal Investigation; and the U.S. Department of
Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Labor Racketeering & Fraud Investigations; with assistance from the Brewer Police Department.

Contact: F. Todd Lowell
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Charles
Fourcloud, 59, of San Jose, California, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in
Bangor, to stealing and embezzling funds from the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point.

Court records show that in May 2013, the defendant was hired by the tribe to serve as its chief financial officer (CFO). He applied for the CFO position using a fictitious employment history and fake references and he had concealed the fact that he had been convicted of a federal crime and served a prison sentence. From April through August 2013, the defendant fraudulently obtained and stole about $20,000 from the tribe by submitting fraudulent travel expense reports and supporting documentation and by submitting fraudulent documentation related to moving expense reimbursement.

Fourcloud faces up to 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will also be required to make full restitution. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted jointly by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Inspector General and the Pleasant Point Police Department.

Contact: Halsey B. Frank
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Walter
Scott Fox, 56, formerly of Cumberland, Maine, and now of Canton, Georgia, was sentenced in
U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 10 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release for bank fraud and tax evasion. He was also ordered to pay over $9,500,000 in restitution. At the conclusion of the sentencing, he was remanded into the custody of the United
States Marshals Service. Fox pleaded guilty on February 4, 2014.

According to court documents, from 1995 until 2011, Fox used his position as a loan officer at Casco Northern Bank and at its successor, KeyBank, to originate or authorize over
$14,000,000 in fraudulent loans and lines of credit using the identities of four real individuals, without their knowledge or consent. He used over $5,800,000 of the fraudulent proceeds to keep the loans current and prevent the detection of his scheme. He used almost $8,200,000 for personal expenses including to pay for his children’s educations and family vacations, and to support his business, “The Boathouse.” Fox failed to report receiving any of this income to the
Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) causing a tax loss of over $1,300,000 between 2006 and 2011.

The scheme was discovered in 2012 when KeyBank denied an increase for one of the credit lines because it did not fit the model for its community development loans. With no funds available to make payments and keep the scheme afloat, all the fraudulent loans became delinquent by August, 2012. Fox abruptly resigned his position at KeyBank on September 7, 2012 when a supervisor became concerned about the delinquent loans and made inquiries about the status of his loan portfolio.

Judge Hornby observed that the sentence was needed to send a message, promote respect for the law and provide just punishment because Fox used the proceeds of his fraud to fund a lifestyle that most people cannot afford.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and IRS - Criminal
Investigations.

Contact: Halsey B. Frank
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Sergio
Suhum, also known as Sergio Suhum-Nacho, 26, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States, who most recently resided in Brunswick, Maine, was sentenced in U.S.
District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 16 months in prison for social security fraud, immigration document fraud, false personation of an American citizen, and theft of government benefits. He was also ordered to pay $1,354 in restitution. He pled guilty in February 2014.

According to court records, from at least March 2008, the defendant lived and worked in
Maine using the identity of an actual United States citizen who resided in Texas. The defendant bought a fraudulent Texas birth certificate and Social Security card in the victim’s name. He used the victim’s identity to obtain a Maine identification card and to apply for a Maine driver’s license; to obtain employment at DeCoster Egg Farm, Moark Farms, and Days Inn; to apply for
Mainecare and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits; and to obtain about
$1,500 in SNAP benefits before his crimes were discovered.

At sentencing, the victim said that the defendant’s use of his identity caused him numerous problems. He was denied credit cards and had difficulty getting a car loan. Maine
Revenue Services sent him dunning letters for failing to file returns and pay taxes in Maine. The
Texas Department of Public Safety repeatedly threatened to revoke his commercial driver’s license because of OUI convictions that the defendant accumulated in Maine which also jeopardized the victim’s job driving vehicles in Texas oil fields. He was detained for hours at the border after visiting relatives in Mexico because of a warrant issued on the basis of the defendant’s activities in Maine. In imposing sentence, Judge Hornby noted that the problems that the defendant caused the victim were people’s worst nightmare and caused a great deal of anxiety and stress.

The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland
Security Investigations; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Inspector General; the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General; and the
Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

Contact: Joel B. Casey
F. Todd Lowell
Assistant United States Attorneys
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Robert
Berg Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a “Berg Sportswear” of Corinna, Maine pleaded guilty today in
U.S. District Court in Bangor to trafficking in counterfeit goods.

The defendant operates a screen printing business that prints, markets and sells apparel items bearing trademarks and other logos and images. A trademark is a symbol, word, or words legally registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or established by use as representing a company or product. According to court records, between January 2006 and
January 2011, the defendant counterfeited apparel bearing the trademarks of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, New England Patriots, New York Yankees, Harley Davidson, John Deere, Jack
Daniels, Orange County Choppers and Playboy. Employees designed counterfeit trademarks, created screens from which the trademarks could be printed on apparel items and printed the counterfeit trademarks on those items.

The defendant faces a fine of up to $5,000,000. It will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

On January 7, 2014, defendant’s owner, Robert Berg, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to the manufacture of 1,000 or more marijuana plants arising from his involvement in assisting individuals involved in the operation of the Township 37 marijuana grow evade apprehension.

The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland
Security Investigations, with the assistance of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the
Internal Revenue Service -- Criminal Investigation Division.