BANGOR – A Brewer man apologized Thursday to the community for his part in a drug ring that distributed 1,000 oxycodone pills a month in Greater Bangor during his sentencing on federal drug charges.

Allan L. Geiser, 34, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy and drug possession charges. He also was ordered to forfeit more than $2,000 in cash and to undergo treatment for drug addiction.

His family wept as the Brewer High School graduate credited law enforcement officials with saving his life when they arrested him April 8, 2003, in the parking lot of Miller’s Restaurant in Bangor.

“Being here and facing this sentence is what I needed to get me to shape up,” Geiser told the court.

Geiser went to the restaurant parking lot that day to buy oxycodone pills from William Hiller of Providence, R.I. According to court documents, Hiller reportedly agreed to set up a drug buy in Maine in hopes of receiving a lesser sentence on his own pending drug charges.

Geiser and Morgan Drew, 20, of Calais were arrested when they approached Hiller in the restaurant parking lot in the early evening. Robert O. Brewer II, 46, of Bangor was arrested later the same day at his business, The Diamond Connection, in the Airport Mall.

Hiller allegedly delivered drugs to Brewer and Geiser on a regular basis, according to federal officials.

Drew was sentenced in April to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges. Brewer pleaded guilty in February to charges identical to those of Geiser, but his sentencing has not been set. Charges against Hiller are pending.

U.S. District Court Judge John Woodcock on Thursday warned Geiser that if he were convicted of another federal crime after his release, he would be classified as a career criminal and face a “virtual lifetime in prison.”

Geiser could have been sentenced to 21/2 years in prison but lost credit under the federal sentencing guidelines for taking responsibility for his actions, according to his attorney, Hillary Billings of Bangor. Earlier this year, Geiser attempted to smuggle oxycodone into the Piscataquis County Jail where he was being held without bail on the federal charges.

He has not been charged in the incident, but has been transferred to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, according to court documents.

“You have had more than your share of wake-up calls,” Woodcock told Geiser in imposing the sentence.

Geiser had a drug-induced heart attack in 2000, his child has been removed from his custody by the Department of Human Services because of his drug use, he has been convicted on federal drug charges and still is facing state drug charges, Woodcock said.

“I hope that what you tell me today is what you resolve to do,” the judge said.

Geiser is scheduled to be sentenced next week in Penobscot County Superior Court on two counts of aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs for an incident unrelated to the federal charges and the alleged drug smuggling at the Piscataquis County Jail.