A 30-year-old man from New Hampshire has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for heroin trafficking in Maine.
Derek Parker, of Gonic, New Hampshire, was sentenced in United States District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 4 years in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin.
Parker pleaded guilty to the offense on November 13, 2013.
According to the investigation, in late 2012 and early 2013, law enforcement agents learned that Parker was obtaining 10-20 grams of heroin on an almost daily basis and distributing heroin to customers in Maine and southern New Hampshire.
On April 24, 2103, Parker and thirteen other individuals were indicted for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Parker was arrested shortly after he was indicted.
This case results from a joint investigation conducted by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; New Hampshire and Maine State Police, the York County Sheriff’s Office; the Rochester, New Hampshire Police Department and the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II praised the cooperation among the law enforcement agencies, noting that “these heroin traffickers were brought to justice because local, state, county and federal law enforcement agencies across two states worked closely together.”
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Key Facts
- State: Maine
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime|Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Public Corruption|Weapons|Human Trafficking|White Collar Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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