United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BANGOR, Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Andre Fields, aka “Coop,” aka “Pops,” aka “Boss,” aka “Unc,” 56, of Bronx, N.Y., 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 Oct. 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.

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