A former Bangor man will spend more than seven years in prison for his role in a methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking ring in Penobscot and Aroostook counties.
U.S. District Judge Lane Walker in Bangor on Wednesday also sentenced Wayne Smith, 32, of Charleston to three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
The indictment alleges that Smith and others conspired to distribute more than a pound of meth and nearly a pound of fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties from Massachusetts between January 2018 and December 2021.
The charges stem from a September 2019 stop on Interstate 95 during which Maine state troopers found five pounds of methamphetamine. That stop prompted the investigation into the drug ring that authorities say lasted about four years.
The following people were indicted for conspiring to traffic drug: Daquan Corbett, 27, of Brockton, Massachusetts; Carol Gordon, 52, of Bangor; James King, 52, of Caribou; John Miller, 21, Caribou; James Valante, 40, of Linneus; Andrew Adams, 30, of Windham; Thomas Hammond, 23, of Charleston; Shelby Loring, 27, of Bangor; Joshua Young, 31, of Presque Isle; Aaron Rodgers, 41, of Bangor; Jason Cunrod, 41, of Caribou; Joshua Jerrell, 27, of Orrington; Christopher Coty, 41, of Windham; and Sarah McBreairty, 33, of Dixmont.
Smith pleaded guilty to his role in December 2022.
Ten others have pleaded guilty to their roles and another four have been sentenced in related cases, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.