State of Maine v. Joshua Lovell

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with transportation of drugs.



Prior to January 11, 2020 Michael Lee, a detective employed by Amtrak with experience in investigating cases involving the transport of narcotics by train, had been informed by an Amtrak conductor named Gato that a passenger named Joshua Lovell had made a same-day round trip from Portland to Haverhill, MA on December 23, 2019 in company with another male and that after disembarking in Haverhill they had returned to Portland on the next northbound train approximately 2 hours later. The conductor reported that it appeared as if the males might be high on drugs.







Prior to January 11, 2020 Michael Lee, a detective employed by Amtrak with experience in investigating cases involving the transport of narcotics by train, had been informed by an Amtrak conductor named Gato that a passenger named Joshua Lovell had made a same-day round trip from Portland to Haverhill, MA on December 23, 2019 in company with another male and that after disembarking in Haverhill they had returned to Portland on the next northbound train approximately 2 hours later. The conductor reported that it appeared as if the males might be high on drugs.

The State has the burden of demonstrating by a preponderance that Agent Morrison had a reasonable articulable suspicion to stop the vehicle in which Lovell was riding as it drove away from the train station on January 11, 2020.