Bangor Man Sentenced to 10 Years after Transporting Fentanyl from Massachusetts

BANGOR, Maine: A Bangor man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute.

U.S District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Chad Savage, 34, to ten years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Savage pleaded guilty on June 13, 2023.

According to court records, in June 2022, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) investigators, after receiving information that Savage had purchased large quantities of drugs in Massachusetts to sell in the Bangor area, executed a search warrant on a vehicle Savage was operating. Savage directed investigators to the glovebox of the vehicle where 50 pressed “sticks” of suspected fentanyl were recovered. A lab later confirmed the drugs seized were 588.7 grams of fentanyl. Less than two milligrams of fentanyl can be fatal, depending on a person’s body size, tolerance and past usage. In an interview with authorities, Savage stated that he had traveled to Massachusetts to obtain the drugs, that the drugs were “fronted” to him, and that he estimated that he had been provided with 1000 grams.

MDEA, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.

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