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Date: 07-19-2023
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Case Number: 1:22-cr-00023
Judge: Lance E. Walker
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine (Penobscot County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Bangor
Defendant's Attorney: Jeffrey M. Silverstein
Description: Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm.
Between January 2018 and December 2021, Matthew Catalano, age 33, along with others, trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties and elsewhere. On February 17, 2021, Catalano was arrested by the Orono Police Department following a traffic stop during which he was found in possession of large amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl, a loaded 9mm handgun and drug paraphernalia.
Catalano is the seventh participant involved in the northern Maine conspiracy to be sentenced. To date, eight of the remaining 14 defendants related to the case have pleaded guilty.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigated the case. Assistance was provided by the police departments in Orono, Bangor, Brewer, Caribou, Presque Isle and Houlton. U.S. Attorney Darcie McElwee also recognized the cooperation and coordination provided by the Maine State Attorney General’s Office and the Aroostook County District Attorney’s Office.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 165 months imprisonment on Count 1, and 120 months on Count 6, to be served concurrently; 5 years supervised release on Count 1, 3 years on Count 6, to be served concurrently; $200 special assessment.
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