FBI Controlled Buys Lead to Guilty Plea from Connecticut Man

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Devonne Scott faces up to 20 years for cocaine base trafficking in Maine

BANGOR, Maine: A Connecticut man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to two instances of distributing a mixture or substance containing cocaine base.

According to court records, in July 2023, a confidential informant reported to the FBI that a man they knew had agreed to sell the informant crack cocaine. In August 2023, the informant conducted two controlled buys of suspected cocaine base from Devonne Scott, 31, with the exchanges monitored and videotaped by the FBI and law enforcement partners. Laboratory tests confirmed the purchased substances contained cocaine base.

Scott faces a maximum sentence of 20 years followed by three years to life of supervised release. He also faces a fine of up to $1 million. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The FBI investigated the case, together with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lewiston Police Department .

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Updated September 19, 2024