Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Tristan Nelson, 39, of Madawaska, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 1½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for illegally importing methylphenidate, which is commonly sold under the trade name Ritalin, and alprazolam, which is commonly sold under the trade name Xanax. The defendant pled guilty on March 7, 2018.
According to court records, on Feb. 22, 2017, a mail package from the Philippines addressed to the defendant arrived at the Madawaska post office. The package contained about 950 methylphenidate pills and about 450 alprazolam pills. The defendant came to the post office and accepted the package. The defendant later admitted to agents that he purchased the pills online, that he knew the pills were shipped to him from outside of the United States, and that he intended to distribute some of the pills.
The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
