West Bath Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl

West Bath Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Aug. 1, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Mickey Gilley, 34 of West Bath, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to distributing heroin and fentanyl.

According to court records, on Sept. 20, 2016, Gilley obtained heroin mixed with fentanyl from a Portland supplier. Later that day, Gilley distributed some of the mixture to a person in West Bath who consumed it and died as a result.

Gilley faces up to 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine and up to life on supervised release.

This case results from an investigation conducted by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Sagadahoc and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Offices, the Maine State Police and the Maine Attorney General’s Office.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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