Gun-related charges against the Rangeley man at the center of a widespread and protracted marijuana case are being dismissed by the U.S. Attorneys Office.
The federal officials who charged Lucas Sirois with violating bail conditions for allegedly having guns and making threats said the charges were “no longer in the interest of justice.”
The officials announced their intention to drop the charges in a notice of dismissal filed Feb. 11.
At the time of the new charges last October, Sirois was out on bail while under federal indictment in connection to a marijuana case alleging he led a multiyear criminal marijuana operation out of Franklin County.
He was later found guilty for his role in the operation.
On Oct. 31, 2025, officials said Sirois violated those bail conditions when he allegedly obtained a firearm and threatened law enforcement involved in his case.
His attorneys at the time said Sirois did not violate any release conditions because the firearms were personal property he was legally entitled to possess. They said he retrieved the rifles and equipment for deer hunting season, which began the next day, from a residence he owns.
U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison found probable cause that Sirois did violate his bail conditions.
The action by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to dismiss the charges ends the matter. “The United States respectfully submits that further prosecution of the defendants in this matter is no longer in the interest of justice,” U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Benson wrote in his filing.
On Thursday, the court granted the government’s dismissal request, according to U.S. Assistant Attorney Andrew Lizotte.
About two weeks after federal officials charged Sirois with the bail violations, a federal jury on Nov. 18, 2025, found Sirois guilty of eight charges linked to an elaborate illegal marijuana growing operation and bank fraud in Franklin County over a four-year period involving more than a dozen people.
Sirois faces between 10 years and life in prison.
He has since requested that the conviction be overturned and he be granted a new trial. Those motions are still pending. It appears Sirois is also trying to change attorneys, according to recent federal court documents.
