Joshua Estrada, Drive-By Shooting, Maine 2024
Joshua Estrada, aka 'Mac', 20, and Yancarlos Abrante, aka 'Glizzy', 22, pleaded guilty to a superseding indictment in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine on March 19, 2025 for their role in a drive-by shooting that occurred on February 9, 2024 in Saco, Maine.
According to court records, Estrada and Abrante fired at least five rounds from a 9mm handgun into another vehicle in a drug trade dispute. Shortly after, they drove their vehicle against traffic and through a red light, crashing into another passenger vehicle and a school bus.
Video footage captured by another driver who witnessed the accident showed Estrada and Abrante exiting their vehicle and fleeing the scene on foot.
Court records reflect that Estrada, Abrante, and others had been trafficking cocaine in and around Saco and Biddeford since at least January 2024.
Estrada and Abrante face a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 20 years with a maximum of life, a fine of up to $10 million, and not less than five years of supervised release. Both defendants will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigative report by the U.S. Probation Office.
The Saco Police Department, FBI's Southern Maine Gang Task Force, U.S. Border Patrol, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case with assistance from the New Bedford (Mass.) Police Department.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence.
Key Facts
- State: Maine
- Category: Violent Crime|Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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