Bangor man indicted on cocaine charge

BANGOR – A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted a Bangor man on one count of distributing cocaine. Jarrod Canada, 29, of Ohio Street, also known as “D,” faces the possibility of 30 years in prison, a $2 million fine or both if convicted. He is jailed pending further court action.

Also indicted on drug charges were Alton Danforth, 47, of Springfield and Rickie Albert Scalia, 44, of Monmouth. Both are charged with conspiracy to distribute and manufacture marijuana and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana. If convicted, each faces a possible 10 years in prison, a $500,000 fine or both.

In addition, Danforth will be required to forfeit property in Springfield obtained from illegal drug profits including a house and an all-terrain vehicle, according to the indictment.

The pair was among five people arrested in September on felony drug trafficking charges. Maine Drug Enforcement agents and other law enforcement officials searched Danforth’s house and found an elaborate marijuana processing center. Several trash bags full of marijuana were found in the search although the amount of the drug is not mentioned in Tuesday’s indictment of Danforth and Scalia.

Information on the other three people arrested during the Sept. 15 bust could not be obtained Tuesday.

Also indicted was Jonathan Newell, 19, on a charge of importing the painkiller Dilaudid into the United States. Newell originally is from Aroostook County but now is housed in the Washington County Jail on unrelated charges. He faces the possibility of 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine or both if convicted.

Also indicted was Jacinto Solis-Mundo, 23, address unknown, on four counts: false claim of citizenship, false statement to a border patrol agent, false use of a Social Security number and use of a false identification document. Solis-Mundo was stopped in Aroostook County as he attempted to cross into the United States from Canada on Oct. 7 and allegedly committed the falsification offenses as he spoke to a U.S. border patrol agent. He is jailed pending further court action.