United States of America v. Daquan Corbett, Daviston Jackson

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Massachusetts Men Face 10+ Years Following Guilty Verdict in Northern Maine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Trial

Two Massachusetts men were found guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for their role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl following a 10-day bench trial last month before U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann.



According to court records, between January 2018 and December 2021, Daquan Corbett, 30, Daviston Jackson, 28, and others trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties and elsewhere.



Both Jackson and Corbett face 10 years to life in prison and up to a $10 million fine to be followed by five years to life of supervised release. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.



Twenty-one defendants have been charged in this and related cases for their part in a widespread northern Maine drug trafficking conspiracy. To date, 10 of the defendants have been sentenced while 11 await sentencing:



Sentenced:



Andrew Adams (32, Aroostook County) – 10 years



Wayne Smith (33, Bangor) – 85 months



Danielle McBreairty (34, Glenburn) – 20 years



Blaine Footman (38, Bangor) – 5 years



Nicole Footman (41, Holden) – 3 years



Dwight Gary, Jr. (54, Medway) – Time served



Matthew Catalano (38, Penobscot County) – 165 months



Thomas Hammond (26, Charleston) – 84 months



Christopher Coty (44, Bangor) – 4 years



James King (55, Caribou) – 165 months



Awaiting sentencing:



Daquan Corbett (30, Brockton, Mass.)

Daviston Jackson (28, Boston, Mass.)

Sarah McBreairty (36, Dixmont) – sentencing scheduled 02/11/25

John Miller (24, Caribou) – sentencing scheduled 02/20/25

Shelby Loring (29, Bangor) – sentencing scheduled 02/03/25

Joshua Young (48, Presque Isle) – sentencing scheduled 02/20/25

Joshua Jerrell (30, Orrington) – sentencing scheduled 02/11/25

Carol Gordon (53, Bangor) – sentencing scheduled 02/20/25

Jason Cunrod (42, Caribou) – sentencing scheduled 02/20/25

Aaron Rodgers (43, Bangor) – sentencing scheduled 02/11/25

James Valiante, 42 (Linneus) – sentencing scheduled 02/20/25

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.



Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces: This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.