Bangor Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

PORTLAND, Maine: A Bangor man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Oliver Terilli, 25, to 60 months of imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release. Terilli pleaded guilty on September 7, 2022.

According to court records, in July 2021, Terilli and co-conspirators sold approximately 1,000 grams of methamphetamine to an undercover officer working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Following the sale, DEA agents arrested Terilli and two co-conspirators on drug trafficking charges. DEA agents also recovered nearly 500 grams of additional methamphetamine that Terilli and a co-conspirator were receiving as part of the transaction. 

In a series of communications leading up to the methamphetamine sale, Terilli offered to sell firearms along with the methamphetamine to the undercover officer. Terilli identified the firearms as including submachine guns and AK-47s. In July 2021, Terilli was the driver in a one-vehicle accident on I-95 near Clinton. Maine State Police troopers responded and seized multiple firearms from the vehicle, including an AK-47 rifle, two 9 mm pistols, a .380 caliber pistol and a 12-gauge shotgun. Terilli was arrested on state charges of operating under the influence and possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle and was later released on bail. After his release, Terilli reestablished communication with the DEA undercover officer and completed the methamphetamine sale.

Co-conspirators Antonio Mazzola and Jeremy Hemingway have pleaded guilty and will be sentenced after the completion of presentence investigation reports by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district judge will determine any sentences after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squad investigated the case, with assistance from the Maine State Police.

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