Dixmont Man Sentenced to 1½ Years for Oxycodone Conspiracy

Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Adam Hamilton, 34, of Dixmont, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 1½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone.

According to court records, for several months, Hamilton conspired with others to acquire oxycodone in Waterbury, Connecticut and distribute it in Central Maine. Hamilton obtained and brought oxycodone tablets to Maine and sold 30 mg tablets to customers for $40 each. The conspiracy existed from about June 2013 to about April 2015.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department. This case was investigated and prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.