Tag: Maine
Jermaine Dukes, Gun & Drug Possession, DC, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jermaine Dukes, 29, of Washington, D.C., is headed to federal prison for nearly nine years after being caught with loaded firearms and a substantial amount of marijuana intended for street-level distribution. Dukes was sentenced today to 105 months behind bars, a harsh penalty reflecting his repeated brushes with the law. The bust…
Tremaine Zyshun Russell, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Louisiana 2022
SHREVEPORT, LA – A high-speed traffic stop in February 2022 ripped open a Shreveport drug and gun operation, landing 28-year-old Tremaine Zyshun Russell with a 60-month federal prison sentence. Russell, already a convicted felon, was caught red-handed with a Glock pistol modified with a switch – effectively turning it into a machine gun – along…
Jermaine Cannon, Interference with Commerce by Robbery, Connecticut 2021
NEW HAVEN, CT – A New Haven man is headed to federal prison for a brazen string of armed robberies that plagued a local business over six weeks in 2021. Jermaine Cannon, 20, was sentenced today to 162 months – over thirteen years – followed by five years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to…
James King, Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl, Maine 2023
BANGOR, ME – James King, 54, of Caribou, Maine, admitted in federal court today that he was a key player in a multi-year drug trafficking operation flooding Penobscot and Aroostook counties with methamphetamine and fentanyl. King pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute both deadly narcotics, a charge that carries…
Dario Giambro, Felon with Firearms, Maine 2023
PORTLAND, ME – Dario Giambro, 75, of Hebron, Maine, is facing a decade behind bars after a federal jury found him guilty of being a felon in possession of firearms. The conviction comes after a two-day trial in U.S. District Court, revealing a disturbing cache of weapons amassed by a man already prohibited from owning…
Shaiquan Moran-Stenson, Ammo Possession, Maine 2023
PORTLAND, Maine – Shaiquan Moran-Stenson, 27, of Lewiston, is headed to federal prison for more than seven years after admitting to illegally possessing ammunition. U.S. District Judge George Z. Singal handed down the 77-month sentence today, a penalty stacked on top of an 18-month revocation for a previous gun-related conviction in New York. The case…
Jason Palmer, Guns for Drugs, Maine 2023
BANGOR, Maine – Jason Palmer, 42, of Albion, Maine, admitted in federal court today that he knowingly traded guns for drugs. Palmer pleaded guilty to making false statements on federal firearms forms, a scheme that put weapons into the hands of individuals who couldn’t legally obtain them. Court records show Palmer walked into a Fairfield…
Antoine Montrond, Straw Purchase Conspiracy, Maine 2020
PORTLAND, Maine – Antoine Montrond, 23, of Brockton, Massachusetts, learned his gun-running days are over today, slapped with a sentence of one year and one day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen delivered the sentence in Portland after Montrond pleaded guilty back in April to conspiring…
Abdullahi Issak, Illegal Firearms Conspiracy, Maine 2023
BANGOR, Maine – Abdullahi Issak, 26, of Lewiston, Maine, is headed to federal prison for ten years after admitting to running a sophisticated scheme to obtain firearms illegally. U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. handed down the sentence today, also tacking on five years of supervised release after Issak serves his time. The case,…
Carol Bragdon, Wire Fraud and Straw Purchase, Maine 2023
BANGOR, ME – Carol Bragdon, 50, of Brewer, Maine, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced to 30 months for a complex scheme involving wire fraud, false statements to a mortgage lender, and an illegal firearm purchase. U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. handed down the sentence today in Bangor, also ordering Bragdon…
