Press Release
Career Felon Caught with Fentanyl, Firearm Sentenced to 17 Years
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine
Ryan Partridge had a pending arrest warrant when pulled over by Augusta police officers
BANGOR, Maine: An Augusta man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for distributing and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing a gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Ryan Partridge, 35, to 204 months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release.
According to court records, in July 2023, Partridge was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by officers from the Augusta Police Department. During a search of the vehicle, investigators recovered a backpack with approximately 125 grams of fentanyl and a 9mm pistol inside, and Partridge admitted to investigators that the backpack and its contents belonged to him. At the time of the stop, Partridge, a career criminal with 12 prior convictions including two drug felonies, was on probation for a 2019 conviction for aggravated trafficking of fentanyl. He also had a pending arrest warrant for failing to report a change of address.
The FBI and U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case with assistance from the Augusta Police Department.
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Contact
Noah Falk, Assistant United States Attorney (Tel: 207-945-0373)
Updated January 27, 2025
Topics
Drugs
Opioids
Firearms Offenses