New York Man Convicted of Heroin and Crack Charges

Portland, Maine:  United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Carey Ackies, 36, of Jamaica, Queens, New York, was convicted today following a four-day jury trial in U.S. District Court of conspiracy to distribute heroin and 28 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as crack, and aiding and abetting the possession with the intent to distribute heroin and 28 grams or more of crack.

Court records and trial evidence revealed that on January 18, 2016, federal agents intercepted a drug courier getting off a bus in Portland with heroin and crack.  The ensuing investigation revealed that the defendant was the source of the drugs.  Four days later, DEA located and arrested the defendant in New York. A search of his Jamaica apartment resulted in the seizure of heroin and crack, a firearm, a money counter and other evidence of drug trafficking. 

Ackies faces between ten years and life in prison and a $10,000,000 fine.  He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office. 

The investigation was conducted by the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration in conjunction with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the Maine State Police and the Lewiston Police Department, and investigated and prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.