Glenburn Woman Sentenced to 20 Years on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

BANGOR, Maine: A Glenburn woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor today for conspiring to traffic methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties and unlawfully possessing firearms, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.

U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Danielle McBreairty, 31, to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. McBreairty was also sentenced to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for two counts of being an unlawful user of controlled substances in possession of a firearm, with the sentences to run concurrently.

In imposing sentence, Judge Walker referred to McBreairty as a “profiteer of poison” and an “out of control missile.”

According to court records, between September 2019 and February 2021, McBreairty conspired with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. As part of the conspiracy, she would obtain large quantities of the drugs from her source and distribute them throughout Penobscot and Aroostook counties. In February 2020 and again in August 2020, McBreairty, who was an unlawful user of controlled substances, was found in possession of a firearm. 

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigated the case. The Old Town and Bangor police departments assisted in the investigation. U.S. Attorney McElwee also thanked the Maine Attorney General’s Office for its cooperation in the investigation and prosecution.

The prosecution is a result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Program, a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The OCDETF mission is to identify, investigate and prosecute high-level members of drug trafficking enterprises, bringing together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state and local law enforcement.

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