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Description: Bangor, Maine criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and being an unlawful user of controlled substances in possession of a firearm.

Between January 2018 and December 2021, Matthew Catalano, 33, along with others, trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot County, Aroostook County and elsewhere. On February 17, 2021, Catalano was arrested by the Orono Police Department following a traffic stop during which he was found in possession of large amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl, a loaded 9mm handgun and drug paraphernalia.

Catalano faces a minimum of ten years imprisonment and up to life imprisonment on the two drug charges and up to ten years imprisonment on the firearm charge. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigative report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. Assistance was provided by the Orono, Bangor, Brewer, Caribou, Presque Isle, and Houlton police departments. U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee also recognized the cooperation and coordination provided by the Maine State Attorney General’s Office and the Aroostook County District Attorney’s Office.

CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE AND FENTANYL 21: 846 AND 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(vi) AND (viii)
(1)
POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE AND FENTANYL AND AID AND ABET 21:841(a)(1) AND 18:2
(3)
UNLAWFUL USER OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM 18:922(g)(3)
(6)

Outcome: 11/29/2022 389 Minute Entry for proceedings held before JUDGE LANCE E. WALKER:Change of Plea Hearing held as to MATTHEW CATALANO, Guilty Plea entered on Counts 1 and 6; Plea accepted on Counts 1 and 6.; Defendant consents to the forfeiture. Order of detention to continue. (Court Reporter: Cathy Ford) (jwr) (Entered: 11/29/2022)
11/29/2022 390 PRELIMINARY ORDER of Forfeiture as to MATTHEW CATALANO. By JUDGE LANCE E. WALKER. (jwr) (Entered: 11/29/2022)

Defendant pleaded guilty.

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