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Date: 11-01-2020
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Case Number: 1:19-cr-00106-LEW-1
Judge: Lance Walker
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine (Penobscot County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Bangor, Miane
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Description: Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony gun and drug possession.
Keith Holmes, age 24, was charged with possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
According to court records, Holmes was found in his Augusta apartment on May 14, 2019, with bags of a mixture containing fentanyl packed for individual sales, as well as cash and four firearms. Other evidence found in his apartment indicated he was causing drug proceeds to be sent to individuals in New York State. In imposing the sentence, Judge Walker described the crimes as a “morbid” business, and noted the danger such acts present to the community.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Augusta Police Department investigated the case.
POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL AND AIDING AND ABETTING, 21:841(a)(1) and 18:2
(1)
POSSESSION OF FIREARMS IN A DRUG CRIME, 18:924(c)(1)(A)(i)
(2)
Outcome: U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker sentenced Keith Holmes, 24, to three years imprisonment for the fentanyl charge, followed by a consecutive term of five years imprisonment for the firearms charge. Judge Walker also sentenced Holmes to three years of supervised release. Holmes pleaded guilty on January 10, 2020.
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