New Brunswick Man Sentenced after Crossing into US Carrying Methamphetamine

BANGOR, Maine: A Canadian national was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for unlawfully entering the U.S. from Canada and importing a controlled substance.

U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Nathan Paul Curran-McQuade, 31, to 12 months and a day of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for importing a controlled substance. Curran-McQuade received a concurrent sentence of 100 days for entering the U.S. unlawfully. He pleaded guilty on January 21, 2025.

According to court records, in September 2024, U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Van Buren station stopped Curran-McQuade for illegally entering the U.S. from Canada in the town of Caswell. Curran-McQuade was encountered while operating an ATV on an ATV trail that borders Canada and was marked with international boundary signs. When stopped by the agents, Curran-McQuade had approximately 13.9 grams of methamphetamine on his person as well as marijuana in a mason jar in his backpack. He claimed to be traveling to a store in Caswell to get gas and that the drugs were for personal use.   

U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case.

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