Four individuals involved in a drug trafficking operation in northern Maine have been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann at the U.S. District Court in Bangor. John Miller, 24, received a 54-month prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl on April 19, 2023.
Jason Cunrod, aged 42, was sentenced to 48 months in prison with three years of supervised release for similar charges he admitted to on August 29, 2023. Joshua Young, 48, was sentenced to time served (approximately 62 days) and will undergo three years of supervised release including two years of home detention after his guilty plea on April 26, 2023.
Carol Gordon, aged 53, was sentenced to time served (about 30 months and 25 days), followed by three years of supervised release with six months of community confinement. She pleaded guilty on March 14, 2023.
Court records indicate that between January 2018 and December 2021, Cunrod, Miller, Gordon, Young and others trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties. The defendants communicated using coded language through phone calls and social media to arrange drug transactions. During this period, Miller provided firearms acquired from individuals in Aroostook County to his source. Gordon facilitated drug sales from her home in exchange for narcotics for personal use.
The case is part of a broader investigation involving multiple defendants linked to a widespread drug trafficking conspiracy across northern Maine. So far, out of the twenty-one charged individuals related to these cases, seventeen have been sentenced while four await sentencing.
The investigation was conducted by several agencies including the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; with assistance from local police departments in Orono, Bangor, Brewer among others. The U.S Attorney’s Office acknowledged the support from the Maine State Attorney General’s Office and Aroostook County District Attorney’s Office.
This prosecution falls under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) initiative which aims to dismantle high-level criminal networks threatening the United States through coordinated efforts across various law enforcement agencies.
