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Description: Bangor, Maine criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with fentanyl with intent to distribute.

On April 5, 2021, Kristopher Churchill, age 40, was stopped by a Maine State Trooper for multiple traffic violations. The trooper asked for a drug detection dog to come to the stop, and the dog alerted to the presence of drugs. During a search of the vehicle, a large amount of suspected fentanyl or heroin in plastic shopping bags was discovered in the back seat floorboard area as well as in a box within arm’s reach of Churchill. Laboratory analysis confirmed the packages contained fentanyl. The quantity of fentanyl seized was consistent with distribution as opposed to a personal use quantity.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Maine State Police investigated this case.

POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL AND AIDING AND ABETTING 21:841(a)(1) AND 841(B)(1)(C) AND 18:2
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment; 3 years supervised release and $100 special assessment.

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