A 32-year-old Salem, Mass. man who supplied convicted Lincoln County heroin dealers has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Jacob T. “J.T.” Snow pleaded guilty to class A aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs (heroin) at the West Bath courthouse July 29, according to court documents. The state dismissed a second charge of class C illegal importation of scheduled drugs.
Snow is in custody at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, according to the Maine Department of Corrections.
Snow was the source for Nickolas J. Buscanera, 23, of Westport Island, and his girlfriend, Stephanie M. Little, 26, of Edgecomb, according to Assistant Attorney General Jamie Guerrette, the prosecutor in all three cases. Buscanera and Little were arrested in Woolwich May 15, 2014 while returning from Massachusetts with 50 grams of heroin.
Snow was never in Maine for the trafficking, although the law allows the state to charge him here, according to Guerrette. His indictment accused him of committing the crimes in Lincoln and/or Sagadahoc County.
Snow was arrested in Massachusetts May 4 and transported to Maine.
Buscanera and Little’s cases were resolved shortly after Snow’s sentencing, bringing an end to a case that began in the first half of 2014 with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency receiving tips about Buscanera and Little importing heroin from Massachusetts for resale in the Bath-Wiscasset area.
Buscanera pleaded guilty to class B unlawful trafficking in schedule W drugs and class C illegal importation of scheduled drugs May 6. He was sentenced Aug. 19 to five years in prison with all but 90 days suspended and three years of probation for the trafficking charge, with a concurrent 90-day sentence for the importation charge.
If he violates probation, he could return to custody for up to four years and nine months, the remainder of the five-year sentence.
Little pleaded guilty to class A aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs and class C illegal importation of scheduled drugs March 4. She was sentenced Aug. 7 to eight years in prison with four years suspended, plus three years of probation, for the trafficking charge. She had been sentenced March 4 to 3½ years for the importation charge.
Buscanera and Little must pay $1,030 each in fines and $240 in restitution to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. Buscanera also forfeited $770 in cash seized during his arrest.
Their probation conditions prohibit the possession or use of alcohol or illegal drugs, subject them to random searches and tests, and require treatment for substance abuse. Little’s probation conditions also prohibit contact with Buscanera and Snow.