Rochester, New York Man Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison on Drug Charge

Bangor, Maine:  United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Derrius Smalls, 20, of Rochester, New York was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor, Maine to three years in prison and a three year term of supervised release, including a six month term of community confinement, following his conviction for possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin.

According to court records, on March 9, 2017, Smalls ran from a vehicle carrying 550 bags of heroin and 399 bags of crack cocaine when the vehicle he was in was stopped by state and federal agents in Scarborough, Maine. Smalls managed to hide the drugs and avoid arrest that night.  Smalls was transporting the drugs for Darrell “Coast” Newton and intended to deliver them to an individual in Maine.  The following day, a Scarborough Police Department K-9 located the drugs. 

Smalls was subsequently indicted together with Newton and fourteen other defendants from Rochester, New York and Central Maine.  All defendants have entered pleas of guilty.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, with assistance provided by the Scarborough Police Department and the Maine State Police.