Hampden Woman Sentenced to 22 Months for Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack and Heroin

Bangor, Maine:  United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Carletta Willette, a/k/a “Carletta Knowlton,” a/k/a “Carly,” 36, of Hampden, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to time served (22 months) in prison and three years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack” and heroin. Willette pled guilty on March 7, 2018.

According to court records, on September 1, 2017, Willette was arrested outside of a hotel in Brewer, Maine and found to be in possession of about 95 grams of crack and 44 grams of heroin.

The case was investigated by the Brewer Police Department, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.