INDUSTRY – Law enforcement officers and agents are continuing an investigation into what is being described as a “heroin distribution ring” operating in Franklin County.
At a motor vehicle stop in Auburn on April 26, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigators said they “found a substantial amount” of illegal schedule drugs in the car. The driver, Lauren Leonard, 23, of Industry, was arrested and charged with illegal drug importation, aggravated trafficking of a schedule drug, namely heroin, conspiracy to commit aggravated trafficking of drugs, according to MDEA Supervising Special Agent Matthew Cashman.
Agents, working with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine State Police, then executed a search warrant of several vehicles and a residence at 1198 West Mills Road in Industry, also on April 26. Leonard and Logan White, 27, both live at the Industry home, Cashman said.
White was located on April 27 in Wilton and arrested. He is also charged with illegal drug importation, aggravated trafficking of a schedule drug, namely heroin, conspiracy to commit aggravated trafficking of drugs. Bail was set at $25,000. He is due to make an appearance by video for bail review on Monday afternoon.
Another man, Kyle Bernard, 25, of Wilton,was arrested and charged on April 27 with conspiracy to commit unlawful trafficking in schedule drugs. Investigators believe Bernard is connected to the case. He was released on $250 cash bail. Leonard was released from Androscoggin County jail after posting $800.
The investigation is ongoing in what Cashman termed “a heroin distribution ring in Franklin County.”
“We are expecting additional arrests in the Franklin County area,” he added.
good i hope they keep catching these guys. i am over having it in this area. i want it away from my family away from children. make this a safe town again. ridiculous how crazy the drug problem has gotten in this area. people grow up and do something with your lives.
@ ‘sick of this’——Well said!! Aren’t we all ‘over it’? Life is about choices! Show no mercy to those who have chosen to spread this nightmare within our state/county/communities, endangering our children and neighbors while bringing crime, pain, and death to our home towns in exchange for a few bucks (to feed their own habits via a ‘choice’ they made??). Kudos to law enforcement. Keep digging and keep getting the poison sellers off the streets!
Where is the picture of lauren?
Being female,I hate to say it,but,Hadenuf,is Lauren female???This crap needs to go.Good job to the cops and D.E.A. Now,if only the courts will actually give them some time
@summerzonly …heroin isn’t grown or made in america it cones from over sea, somehow imported I’m guessing. Wake up
@ Harrold……………..Seriously? I think I’m awake! Where did I say we are growing and producing heroin in the backyards of America?? Of course it’s imported. But, these (and all the other) weasels, if you read the newspaper and/or listen to the news, are traveling up and down the turnpike to Massachusetts and points south on a regular basis and bringing home ‘the poison’—–then ‘spreading the nightmare’ as I mentioned above.
… Spreading horrors that destroy families and friendships.
Throw the book at ’em!
Sad to see in this small town that there is a market for drugs of any kind. We can place appropriate blame to the suppliers, and rightfully so, but in any market place there is an issue of demand that drives the market. The recreation use of drugs is more of the problem than the suppliers. No market, No supply. Period.