Portland, Maine: A
Buckfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for possession
with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Halsey
B. Frank announced.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Joshua Morin,
33, to 100 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Morin
pleaded guilty on June 24, 2019.
According to court records, on January 2, 2019, after a
police pursuit, Morin crashed his car and then continued to flee officers on
foot. After officers apprehended him, they recovered a large amount of cocaine
from his person and from just outside the car he had been driving. Police also
recovered $20,000 cash at the scene of the crash. The cocaine weighed
approximately 1.6 kilograms, or about 3.5 pounds. Morin told the police that he
distributed the cocaine in ounce and half-ounce quantities.
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Oxford County
Sheriff’s Office, the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, the Maine State
Police, the Lewiston Police Department and the FBI investigated the case.
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