Two in County plead guilty to drug charges

BANGOR – Two Aroostook County residents pleaded guilty to unrelated federal drug charges Wednesday in U.S. District Court.

Andrew “Shorty” Adams, 23, of Caribou pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import oxycodone from Canada into the U.S. at the Aroostook Valley Country Club in Fort Fairfield. He had 145 of the narcotic pills in a box of golf balls when he was arrested on July 8.

Tammy Levesque, 31, of Madawaska waived indictment and pleaded guilty to conspiracy with intent to distribute marijuana. She was arrested a year ago after she was stopped for speeding on Interstate 95 in Palmyra and police found more than 90 pounds of marijuana in the bed of her pickup truck.

Adams came to the attention of federal officials when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents spotted the car of a Canadian man suspected of drug smuggling in the parking lot of the country club, according to court documents.

The Caribou man told agents that he called the Canadian man, who has not been identified, to play golf and bring him some oxycodone pills. Adams told agents that he paid $600 for the pills between the fourth and sixth holes on the golf course.

The country club has parking lots on both the American and Canadian sides of the border, with all golf holes located in Canada.

The Canadian, who has not been charged in federal court in Bangor, apparently entered and left the golf course through the parking lot on the American side. The Canadian is not identified in court documents.

He was taken into custody by Fort Fairfield police as he left the golf course, then was turned over to ICE for questioning, according to court documents.

More than $2,000 in currency was found on the Canadian man, according to the documents. He allegedly told investigators that Adams showed him some pills and asked if the Canadian could get some of them for him.

No further information was available on the Canadian from documents filed in federal court in Bangor.

Adams is being held at the Penobscot County Jail pending resolution of his case. A sentencing date has not been set.

He faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $1 million, but is likely to spend much less time behind bars under the federal sentencing guidelines.

Levesque, after her arrest on Oct. 10, 2006, admitted she had been taking marijuana to Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut and North Carolina for about seven months, according to court documents. By pleading guilty, she admitted that she made between two and three trips a week with another person and returned with large bags of cash. The other person has not been identified.

She also told agents, according to court documents, that between February and September 2006, she had been meeting a tractor-trailer in Ashland and receiving large duffel bags of marijuana from its driver. The trailer of the vehicle had a hidden compartment where the bags were concealed, she told agents, and it was covered with wood chips before crossing the border into the U.S.

Levesque faces a minimum of four years in prison and a maximum term of life. She also could be forced to forfeit her truck and any money she made from the sale of the marijuana.

She is being held at the Penobscot County Jail pending the resolution of her case. Her sentencing date has not been set.