Rebecca Haines, Derek Martin, center, and Joseph Nielsen. Farmington Police Department photos
FARMINGTON — Three people were arrested Thursday night after police searched a Sandy River Terrace residence and allegedly found crack-cocaine, scales, plastic baggies and other paraphernalia, Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said.
Detective Jacob Richards received information April 6 and began an investigation into drug trafficking in Farmington. The investigation is ongoing, he said.
Richards received a search warrant and executed it at Rebecca E. Haine’s residence. The entire Farmington Police Department participated in the search, Cote said.
Richards arrested Haines, 40, of Farmington, on a charge of unlawful trafficking in schedule W drugs, he said. She was being held Friday morning on $10,000 bail at the Franklin County Detention Center. She was expected to go before a judge later in the afternoon.
Joseph Nielsen, 20, of New Gloucester was arrested on a charge of unlawful trafficking in schedule W drugs. He was released from the Farmington Police Station on unsecured bail, Cote said.
Derek Martin, 26, of Farmington was arrested on a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled W drugs. He was also released on unsecured bail from the station, he said.
The amount of crack-cocaine was not available.
A conviction on a trafficking charge is punishable by a maximum 10 years in prison and up to a $20,000 fine. A conviction unlawful possession charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine.
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