New York Man Sentenced to Over 14 Years on Heroin and Crack Conspiracy Charge

Bangor, Maine:  United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Andre Fields a/k/a “Coop,” a/k/a “Pops,” a/k/a “Boss,” a/k/a “Unc,”, 56, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 170 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin and more than 280 grams of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.”  The defendant pled guilty on October 29, 2018.

According to court records, between January 2015 and December 2017, Fields conspired with others to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin and more than 280 grams of crack in Central Maine.  Fields obtained the drugs from out-of-state sources.  The defendant and others brought the drugs back to Maine where he and others, working at his direction, repackaged and distributed them from Central Maine residences and hotel rooms to area drug dealers and addicts for further distribution and use.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance provided by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, and the Augusta and Waterville Police Departments. This case was investigated and prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.