A Jay, Maine resident was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor for distributing narcotics and illegally possessing a firearm. Thomas Ray Cook, 46, received a four-year prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release from U.S. District Judge Stacy D. Neumann.
Court records indicate that in February 2025, Cook sold $600 worth of cocaine to a confidential source working with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) at his home in Jay. The following month, he sold additional cocaine and seven firearms for $1,600 to the same individual at another location in Farmington. Cook was prohibited from owning firearms due to previous felony convictions in Maine, including Aggravated Operating after Habitual Offender Revocation and Eluding an Officer.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with the MDEA.
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