Dixmont Woman Sentenced for Role in Penobscot and Aroostook County Drug Trafficking Ring (DOJ)

BANGOR, Maine: A Dixmont woman was sentenced on Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for her role in a northern Maine drug trafficking ring.

U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann sentenced Sarah McBreairty, 36, to 60 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release. On March 24, 2023, McBreairty pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and conspiring to make false statements to a federal firearms licensee.

According to court records, between January 2018 and December 2021, McBreairty and others trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties and elsewhere. McBreairty regularly arranged to obtain quantities of the two drugs from an out-of-state supplier through phone calls and texts using coded language and then distributed those drugs through a network of dealers she supplied in Penobscot and Aroostook Counties. McBreairty used the proceeds of her distribution to purchase more drugs from her supplier. In addition, during the conspiracy, McBreairty and a co-defendant made false statements to an area federal firearms licensee in an attempt to obtain several firearms.

Twenty-two defendants have been charged in this and related cases for their part in a widespread northern Maine drug trafficking conspiracy. To date, 19 of the defendants have been sentenced while three await sentencing:

Sentenced:

• Andrew Adams (32, Aroostook County) - 10 years
• Matthew Catalano (38, Penobscot County) - 165 months
• Christopher Coty (44, Bangor) - 4 years
• Jason Cunrod (42, Caribou) - 48 months
• Blaine Footman (38, Bangor) - 5 years
• Nicole Footman (41, Holden) - 3 years
• Dwight Gary, Jr. (54, Medway) - Time served (approx. 5 months)
• Carol Gordon (53, Bangor) - Time served (approx. 31 months) plus 6 months of community confinement
• Thomas Hammond (26, Charleston) - 84 months
• Joshua Jerrell (30, Orrington) - Time served (approx. 36 months)
• James King (55, Caribou) - 165 months
• Shelby Loring (29, Bangor) - Time served (approx. 32 months)
• Danielle McBreairty (34, Glenburn) - 20 years
• John Miller (24, Caribou) - 54 months
• Aaron Rodgers (43, Bangor) - Time served (approx. 33 months)
• Wayne Smith (33, Bangor) - 85 months
• Joshua Young (48, Presque Isle) - Time served (approx. 2 months) plus 24 months home detention
• Tamara Davis (29, Fall River, MA) - Time Served (approx. 14 months)
• Sarah McBreairty (36, Dixmont) - 60 months

Awaiting sentencing:

• Daquan Corbett (30, Brockton, Mass.) - sentencing to be scheduled
• Daviston Jackson (28, Boston, Mass.) - sentencing to be scheduled
• James Valiante (42, Linneus) - sentencing scheduled for May 27, 2025

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. The U.S. Attorney's Office 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.

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