Acting U.S. Attorney and IRS Special Agent in Charge Announce Ceremony to Present Equitable Sharing Funds from Township 37 Marijuana Grow Case to Maine Law Enforcement Partners

Contact: Donald E. Clark
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston, announced that on Thursday, March 16, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, located at 202 Harlow Street, Bangor, Maine they will recognize the distribution of more than $1.1 million of criminally forfeited funds to eight Maine law enforcement agencies for their participation in the successful federal prosecution of Malcolm French and Haynes Timberland, Inc. Pursuant to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Equitable Sharing Program, the funds have been distributed to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; the Maine State Police; the Maine Warden Service; the Washington County Sheriff; and the Brewer, Biddeford, Scarborough and Gorham police departments.