JAY – According to a report from Sheriff Scott Nichols, three individuals were arrested late Thursday night on the Plaisted Road in Jay.
Deputy Doucette, who was on patrol in the area at the time, reported observing a car stopped on the road. When Doucette stopped to investigate, he reported the occupants of the car throwing bags of what was later identified as Cocaine out of both the driver’s side and passenger’s side doors.
A second officer, Officer Rider, responded to the scene to assist with the investigation. According to the report, the driver of the vehicle, Ross Correia (27) of New Portland, was arrested for Operating with a Suspended License class E. Passenger Michael Thomas (25) of Bingham was arrested for Unlawful Possession of Schedule W drugs class C. A second passenger Troy Wyman (46) of Charleston was arrested for Unlawful Trafficking in Schedule drugs class B & Unlawful Possession of Schedule W drugs class C.
A fourth passenger Sarah Wallingford (27) of New Portland was not arrested but was charged with Hindering Apprehension class E and a civil charge of Sale and Use of Drug Paraphernalia.
The three men were transported to jail without incident and the case is still under investigation.
Good job well done Officers Rider and Deputy Doucette Hope they all spend a long time in jail. It is the only way to clean up the drugs. Keep on doing a good job
Good work and thank-you to the law enforcement authorities.
rhode scholars..
Nice catch. Well done.
Well done but we will see how the court handles this.
Great job, but make them work while incarcerated, example: helping farmers clean out and other dirty jobs! Just say in….
Any dogs in the back seat?
Good one Cee Tee but you forget; if there had been a dog in the back seat the police would have let them go. Especially if the dog was hungry and headed to the vet.
It will be one of two things at the end of the day: If they manage to bail out, they will get a wrist slap. (small fine and ‘probation’–which means nothing) If they can’t pay bail, they will be released for ‘time served’ after it goes to trial. I feel sorry for the officers who roll the dice every time they stop these characters and watch them pretty much walk away.
summerzonly…you are exactly correct. Bail is usually low, and ‘jail time’, if any, is very limited. Such an insult to the Police Officers who put their lives on the line every time they make a stop.
Drug dealing/selling/using is never going to stop ( or at least slow down) until the courts truly start making these people due time for the crime…GREAT JOB Sherriff’s Dept. I hope your captures will pay for their crime..and give you the respect you deserve for catching them..
Summerz ain’t lyin’….
I totally agree with making them work it off Allison.
One wonders why they would be parked on the Plaisted road as it is a country road and none of the occupants of the car have a local licence. Not a complete story.
Arresting drug dealers is not the only way to keep drugs off the street. We’ve been doing that for decades and we still have more and more drugs on the street every year. Maybe it’s time to be proactive and instead of just adding more and more buckets to a leaky roof, we actually solve the problem at the source. People use drugs as a substitute for something in their life that they’re missing. Homeless people do drugs because it’s easier to sleep in a box under a bridge when you’re high. Teens do drugs because of a lack of family/mental engagements. Working adults may do drugs because it’s cheaper than prescription medication for to treat an undiagnosed emotional condition. Throwing more police officers at the drug problem in this country is not going to solve the drug problem. It’s only going to put more people in jail and increase taxes. Decriminalize drugs, regulate and tax them, use that tax money for education and healthcare costs for citizens.
I have said this before and I have no doubt I’ll repeat it many times again, Just how much of your limited monthly income do all of you crying for “justice” want to hand over to the Federal, State, or County jail systems. We must find an answer to the rising cost of keeping people locked up to “pay for their crimes”. I have no qualms about restarting the prison work gangs, but in this day of “feels over reels” where the person in jail gets to live better than the average Mainer living on Social Security.