Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Warren Laprell, 54, of Palmyra, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 121 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute oxycodone. Laprell pleaded guilty on Jan. 27, 2017.
According to court records, between June 2013 and April 2015, Laprell ran an oxycodone trafficking conspiracy in Central Maine. The defendant and others obtained about 15,000 30 mg oxycodone tablets in Connecticut and distributed them in Central Maine. On April 16, 2015, federal and state law enforcement officers and agents executed search warrants at Laprell’s Palmyra residence and the residence of one of his associates, Raymond “Ken" Ferris of Detroit, Maine. During the search of Laprell’s residence, investigators found large amounts of prescription pills, drug paraphernalia and five firearms. On May 18, 2016, Ferris was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his role in the conspiracy.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department, with the assistance of the Waterville Police Department. This case was investigated and prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
