Drug cases top grand jury indictments

    The Aroostook County grand jury completed its fourth session of 2011 on Sept. 9, handing down 39 indictments against 39 individuals.
    District Attorney Todd R. Collins noted that 13 cases directly involve drugs and/or alcohol as the basis of the criminal charge. While not directly involving illicit drugs, substances, and/or alcohol abuses, many of the remaining cases involve substance abuse or other drug-seeking behavior.
    Eleven cases, Collins said, are violent offenses against other people; the most serious of which involve “sexual assaults” or crimes that involve illegal conduct of a sexual nature.
    “It is important to note that although the sexual assaults appear to have some age to them, that is the offense dates can go back several months and/or years, that such a ‘delay’ in reporting a sexual crime does not diminish the credibility of a victim in any way. The vast majority of sexual crimes create in a victim so many conflicting emotions from fear to anger to shame that cause an overwhelming sense of confusion mixed with competing obligations to family members or ‘family harmony’ and more often than not a strong desire to not deal with the negative consequences of being a victim of a sexual assault that ‘ignoring it’ becomes the most viable option,” Collins added.
    This month there were no felony driving offenses not directly related to alcohol or illegal use of drugs brought forward for indictment by the Aroostook County grand jury. Among those indicted were:
    Alan J. Pelletier, 32, Fort Kent: unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.
    Willie N. York, 30, Mapleton: theft and violating conditions of release.
    Jerry D. York, 26, Mars Hill: theft and violating condition of release.
    Leanne R. LaCombe, 27, Mapleton: theft.
    Dustin D. Badger, 19, Presque Isle: theft, assault and escape.
    Daniel J. Ouellette, 19, Caribou: burglary, theft (two counts) and criminal mischief.
    Daniel R. Ferranti, 21, Caribou: burglary, theft (two counts) and criminal mischief.
    Steven A. Selander, 20, Caribou: burglary, theft (two counts) and criminal mischief.
    Craig L. Perry, 23, Fort Fairfield: domestic violence assault, driving to endanger and violating condition of release.
    Earl C. McNeal, 54, Gorham: aggravated unlawful furnishing of scheduled drugs.
    Ryan J. Plourde, 30, Van Buren: stealing drugs and violating conditions of release.
    Kara M. Bouchard, 24, Madawaska: sexual abuse of a minor (two counts).
    Dwane A. Gagnon, 45, Caribou: negotiating a worthless instrument.
    Edward J. Ringuette, 36, Sebago Lake: criminal operating under the influence, operating after revocation and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.
    Edward K. Peckham, 50, Limestone: theft.
    Zachary B. Corriveau, 18, Caribou: burglary, aggravated criminal mischief and theft.
    Lawrence A. Noyes, 44, Mars Hill: tampering with witness, domestic violence terrorizing and violating protective order.
    Kyle E. Lyford, 23, Presque Isle: theft.
    Tiffiney R. Johnson, 26, Presque Isle: assault, criminal threatening, trafficking in dangerous knives and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.
    Andrea L. Gardiner, 28, Presque Isle: theft and false public report.
    Joseph A. Donnelly, 40, Presque Isle: criminal threatening (two counts) and domestic violence assault.
    Eric S. Dufresne, 19, Presque Isle: attempted theft, criminal threatening and criminal mischief.
    Laurie Engebretson, 35, Fort Kent: unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs.
    Steven C. Cray, 27, Connor Twp.: OUI and operating after revocation.
    Reginald Dube, 52, Grand Isle: gross sexual assault (two counts), unlawful sexual contact and furnishing liquor to a minor.
    Robert C. Wright, III, 28, Houlton: theft (two counts).
    Joshua W. Nason, 18, Houlton: burglary (two counts) and theft (three counts).
    Scott R. Totten, 26, Houlton: domestic violence assault with priors, criminal mischief and violation of bail.
    Jeremiah Sico, 31, Oakfield: domestic violence assault and aggravated criminal mischief.
    Joshua J. Branscombe, 21, Oakfield: reckless conduct with dangerous weapon, domestic violence assault and terrorizing with dangerous weapon.
    Trevor A. Robichaud, 36, Mars Hill: possession of scheduled drugs (two counts) and failing to sign uniform summons and complaint.
    Jamison M. Rocheleau, 38, Houlton: tampering with witness and telephone harassment.
    Robert Strout, 64, Orient: aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs and violation of bail.
    James W. McCordic, Jr., 45, Ludlow: unlawful trafficking of methamphetamine and criminal forfeiture.
    Dallas R. Tidd, 44, Houlton: unlawful possession of scheduled drugs (three counts) and stealing drugs.
    Gregory A. Tidd, 47, Houlton: aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs.
    Adam E. Anderson, 23, Houlton: theft with priors (two counts) and operating a defective motor vehicle.
    Laura C. Doughty, 25, Island Falls: stealing drugs and violation of bail.
    Gary M. Norris, 23, Kingswood, Texas: trafficking in scheduled “Z” drugs.