FARMINGTON – After spending six months in jail, a Vienna woman who pleaded guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to commit trafficking of a schedule drug will have her sentence deferred for two years as part of a plea arrangement.
Kimberly Webber, 25 of Vienna, pleaded guilty to conspiracy on Feb. 4. Court documents associated with the new charge specifically cites the purchase of pseudoephedrine to create meth.
Webber had been indicted on a felony trafficking charge, as had her three co-defendants: Jason Fowler, 40 of Chesterville; Michael Halle, 46 of Phillips; and Erin Smith, 43 of Ocala, Fla. All three of those defendants pleaded guilty to unlawful trafficking of a schedule drugs, with Fowler and Halle receiving partially-suspended, nine- and six-year sentences, respectively. Smith received a two-year deferred disposition.
All four convictions stem from the July arrests of four individuals on drug charges, following an investigation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Franklin County Sheriff’s Department that began following a meeting with a “concerned citizen” in early July. On July 15, FCSD Det. Kenneth Charles stopped Fowler and Kimberly Webber, 25 of Vienna, while Fowler was driving with a suspended license. On searching the vehicle, the MDEA report alleges that Charles discovered Webber in “control of some of the drug evidence.”
Later that evening, law enforcement went to Halle’s residence on Rangeley Road in Phillips. There they discovered that Halle and others had been manufacturing meth, arresting Halle and Smith that evening. Evidence seized by the state included lithium strips, lithium batteries, a receipt for the purchase of Sudafed, a cold medication, coffee filters which field-tested positive for meth, a pair of intact “one pot” containers and gas generators.
On Friday in Franklin County Superior Court, Webber had her sentencing deferred for two years. If she does not use illegal drugs and avoids purchasing meth precursor substances, she will be allowed to withdraw her guilty plea and instead plead to misdemeanor furnishing. If she commits new criminal conduct, or violates the agreement in any way, she will be sentenced on the felony conspiracy charge.
Another slap on the hands this girl will never learn, she has kids and just keeps doing what she wants.
How many times have we seen this girl just in the past year? She isn’t going to learn anything from this “catch and release” program they keep offering her!
Why do we even have law enforcement & courts, jails if we keep give people slap on the wrist all the time. And this probably isn’t her first time being in trouble with the law and I doubt it won’t be her last. So, basically what the courts are saying do what you want because there will be no consequences for your actions.
Well, she is a young girl, and drugs are hard to get off if you do not have the help and support that you need. This young girl needs to start looking for positive people and groups to help her out. maybe move out of that town w/ the negative of everyone giving her due to her mistatkes. If i was in her shoes, I would move, join a church and find positive people and groups to help me out. You can always do these hard times by your self!!
It is so sad to see some one just throw their life away…
Is she eligible for any state drug treatment programs? In other states they’ll defer a sentence based upon completion of drug treatment program and then subsequent drug testing for duration of suspended senstence and probation.
Very few people quit using on their on—even with great friends and family. The professional counselors and programs have a lot of hands on experience/ medical research to tailor the support/ counseling an addict needs to get themselves clean.
These drugs cause permanent changes to your neurochemistry/ body— you are never the same again. They have to learn strategies andways to counteract that to stay away from their drug of choice. Their neurochemistry will drive them towards their drug of choice for the rest of their likfe…they have to learn strong straegies to keep driving in the opposite direction!
To all the “slap on the wrist” comments I agree but your comments are falling on deaf ears and will continue until the justice system is cleansed.
She spend 6 months in jail prior to the deferment, which in all likely hood is what her sentence would have been anyway. Once again, to the slap on the wrists folks, go to court every day, sit through all the plea negotiations before you make that call, a lot goes into these discussions.
With 6 months spent in jail, isn’t that enough time to get clean. Then I guess it’s a matter of wanting to stay clean. I hope she has some positive influence in her life to help her along. Good Luck Kimberly!
Again I say why bother. I do NOT understand why we keep making plea agreements with people who break the law. Someone please explain this to me.
Join a church? Leave this negative town? Ok because we know that all churches are drug free and that is the only place you can get some positive feedback. Too bad for her if she receives negative feed back. She should. She was helping create a drug that is distributed on our streets. People do make mistakes and can change there lives but in the meantime she made a horrible choice so deal with what comes of it.