Updated June 11 at 2:00 p.m.
A New York man will serve six years in prison and four years of probation for trafficking oxycodone in Whitefield.
LaQuinn D. Evans, 35, of New York City, pleaded guilty to felony aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs in Lincoln County Superior Court in Wiscasset May 29.
Evans, during a Sept. 26, 2013 search of a Whitefield residence, confessed to his role as the wholesale “supplier” of a Whitefield man who has since pleaded guilty to selling the drugs in the Midcoast, according to court documents.
Evans was sentenced to 12 years in prison with six years suspended and four years of probation. He will also have to pay a $515 fine, due within a year of his release from prison. He is in custody at the Maine State Prison in Warren.
His probation conditions prohibit the possession or use of firearms and other dangerous weapons, require him to submit to random searches and tests for drugs and firearms, and require him to complete substance abuse evaluation.
The conditions also prohibit Evans from contact with Jeremiah Moore, 51, of Whitefield, and Nichole Collins, 40, of Gardiner.
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency conducted “controlled buys” of 30-milligram oxycodone pills from Moore and Collins, according to an affidavit by Special Agent Jason Pease.
Moore and Collins were arrested in Damariscotta Sept. 26, 2013. “Moore and Collins were interviewed and confessed to selling oxycodone in the Midcoast,” Pease said in the affidavit.
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police, executed a search warrant at Moore’s residence at the same time as Moore and Collins’ arrest.
Evans was at the residence. He confessed to supplying Moore and Collins with 250 oxycodone pills in the previous two weeks, Pease said. The agency seized $3,437 from Evans. Evans admitted the money represented payment from Moore for the pills.
Evans was arrested and transported to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
Evans has a 2003 felony conviction for drug trafficking in Kennebec County, according to his Dec. 9, 2013 indictment.
Moore pleaded guilty to two counts of felony unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs June 2. He will serve consecutive nine-month jail sentences, a total of 18 months. He must also pay $1,030 in fines and $620 in restitution.
Collins faces the same charges. She is wanted on a warrant for failure to appear.
