Harrington Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin and Crack

Bangor, Maine:  United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Owen Fickett, 31, of Harrington, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possession with the intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.”

According to court records, on March 6, 2018, a Maine State Police Trooper stopped a vehicle in which Fickett was a passenger.  During a roadside investigation, the trooper discovered that Fickett was in possession of heroin, crack and about $1,200.  Fickett later admitted that he had been selling heroin and crack.

The defendant faces up to 20 years in prison, three years supervised release, and a $1,000,000 fine.  He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

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