Sabattus Man Sentenced for Federal Firearm Offenses

Portland, Maine: A Sabattus man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for possessing a stolen firearm and possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.

U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby sentenced Scott Estes, 39, to three years in prison and three years of supervised release. Estes pleaded guilty on June 17, 2019.

According to court records, on November 13, 2017, Lewiston dispatchers received a 911 call from Estes’ then-girlfriend, who was in a truck in which he had been a passenger. He was not in the truck at the time of the call. His girlfriend reported that he had a firearm and that he had pointed it at her. When he returned to the truck, his girlfriend remained on the call, pretending to be speaking to a credit card company. She conveyed their location and where they were going.

When the police arrived, Estes fled into a nearby apartment and a seven-hour standoff ensued. The Maine State Police Tactical Team negotiated a peaceful end to the standoff. Investigators recovered the firearm, a Smith & Wesson .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol, from the apartment into which he had fled. Further investigation revealed that it was stolen.

Estes was also prohibited from possessing the firearm because of multiple prior felony convictions, including ones for trafficking in prison contraband, robbery and aggravated operating after revocation.

The Maine State Police; the Lewiston Police Department; and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.