Bangor, Maine – A Greenbush woman has pleaded guilty to her role in a bath salt distribution conspiracy that spanned Penobscot County and beyond.
Jessica Bryden, 22, admitted to packaging and distributing MDPV, also known as ‘monkey dust’, to other members of the conspiracy who sold the drug in the Bangor area.
According to court records, the members of the conspiracy distributed MDPV between April and December 2011, a time when the chemical compound was still classified as a controlled substance analogue. However, on October 21, 2011, MDPV was reclassified as a Schedule I controlled substance.
The defendant collected payments for the drug from other members of the conspiracy and faces up to 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine, or both. She will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
Bryden is one of four defendants charged as part of the conspiracy. Co-defendants Matthew Tardiff, 27, of Old Town, Maine, and Adam Hathorn, 36, and Tina Keaton, a/k/a ‘Fumble’, 32, both of Bangor, previously pled guilty to the conspiracy charge and await sentencing.
The case was investigated by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Contact Joel B. Casey, Assistant United States Attorney, at (207) 945-0373 for more information.
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