FARMINGTON — A Livermore man accused of going to the Farmington police station with 14 grams of cocaine in his shoes was one of 38 people indicted by a grand jury on Friday.
William Tardif, 42, of 202 Fish Meadow Road, was indicted on a felony charge of aggravated trafficking in cocaine. A conviction on the charge carries up to 30 years in prison. The charge was elevated due to a prior conviction where Tardif served time in federal prison for cocaine possession, Maine Drug Agency Supervisor Gerry Baril said previously. He was on supervised release when he was arrested at the Farmington station in August.
A Maine Drug Enforcement agent working a shift for Farmington police found the cocaine in Tardif’s shoes during a search after he went to the police station on a non-drug-related matter to obtain papers, Baril had said.
The agent recognized Tardif as a convicted felon and became suspicious of Tardif’s behavior, he said.
After contacting Tardif’s probation officer and learning that Tardif was subject to random searches and prohibited from possessing cocaine, the drug agent was authorized to search Tardif, Baril said previously.
The agent found plastic bags containing powder in them that looked like shoe inserts but in this case were cocaine, Baril said.
A Livermore Falls man accused of breaking into Spruce Mountain Pharmacy in Jay in July was also indicted on charges Friday. Lucas Caron, 19, of 93 Park St., was indicted on charges of felony burglary and misdemeanor stealing drugs and criminal mischief. Conviction on the felony carries up to five years in prison, while the other charges each carry up to 364 days.
Caron was caught on security tape as he entered through a window in the pharmacy, according to Jay police. His picture appeared on news channels and newspapers, and he was located. The drugs he is accused of stealing were recovered there, police said.
A Farmington woman, Ashley Hardy, 21, of 360 Weeks Mills Road, was indicted on charges of felony terrorizing and misdemeanor threatening display of a weapon. Convictions on those charges are five years in prison on the felony and 364 days on the misdemeanor.
Hardy is accused in what Farmington police described as a “road rage incident” in July. According to police, Hardy was traveling toward town on the Weeks Mills Road when another female driver pulled behind her, and Hardy was apparently angered by the other driver’s actions.
Hardy put on her brakes, and when the second driver went around her to avoid hitting her, Hardy is accused of pulling a handgun from her purse and showing it to the driver, police previously said.
Others indicted by the Franklin County grand jury were:
Daren Bowden, 41, Box 385, Medford Road, Milo, on charges of felony operating after revocation and misdemeanor violation of condition of release and operating unregistered motor vehicle.
Michael Chapman, 43, P.O. Box 501, Farmington, on felony charge of failure to register as sex offender.
Brian Charbonneau, 55, P.O. Box 87, Strong, felony charge negotiating a worthless instrument.
Joshua Clifford, 41, 60 Chick Road, Industry, felony charge aggravated domestic violence assault.
Jesse Coffin, 21, P.O. Box 32, Strong, felony charges of arson and elevated aggravated assault, and misdemeanor charge of violation of condition of release.
Frederick Dunnam, 55, 330 Salem Road, Phillips, felony charge of possession of firearm by felon.
Timothy Edwards, 28, 1 Jefferson St. Apartment 2, Augusta, felony domestic violence assault with prior and misdemeanor operating without license.
Krystin Feole, 31, 1182 Salem Road, Freeman Township, on felony charge of burglary and misdemeanor charges of theft and forgery.
Courtney Groder, 19, P.O. Box 7, 95 Town House Road, Vienna, on two counts of felony burglary and misdemeanor counts of burglary of a motor vehicle and theft.
Zachary Haines, 19, 587 Lucy Knowles Road, Farmington, felony charges of arson and aggravated assault.
Timothy Harvell, 43, P.O. Box 537, 514 U.S. Route 2 West, Wilton, felony charges of assault/priors and two counts each of assault/officer/priors, and misdemeanor charge of refusing to submit to arrest.
Jeffrey Johnson, 43, 139 Village View Road, Wilton, felony charge of burglary, misdemeanor charges of operating under the influence and theft.
Steven Knockwood, 35, 442 Old Jay Hill Road, Jay, felony charges of marijuana cultivation and possession of firearm by felon, and misdemeanor count of possession of schedule W drugs.
Jeffrey Lawrence, 39, 17 Steward Road, New Vineyard, felony count of aggravated criminal mischief.
Joshua Levesque, 27, 307 Stanley Road, New Vineyard, felony charge of attempted aggravated trafficking in schedule Z drugs.
Anthony Marion, 26, 471 McCrillis Corner Road, Wilton, felony charge of domestic violence assault.
Randy McDonald, 34, 99 Crash Road, Jay, felony charge of unlawful possession of schedule W drugs, and misdemeanor charge of violation of condition of release.
James Moores, 51, 276 Fairbanks Road, No. 4, Farmington, felony charge of terrorizing, misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and burglary.
Arthur Oliver, 51, 724 Ridge Road, Chesterville, felony charge of trafficking in schedule W drugs, misdemeanor charges of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching.
Chad Oliver, 26, P.O. Box 19, Wilton, felony counts of domestic violence assault and domestic violence terrorizing.
Jason Reckards, 30, 14 Bubier Road, Wilton, felony count of theft.
Robert Sirois, 57, 249 Seamon Road, Farmington, felony charge of forgery, misdemeanor charge of violation of condition of release.
Stephen Skaling, 62, 8273 Carrabassett Road, Coplin Plantation, two counts of felony dissemination of sexually explicit material, one felony charge of possession of sexually explicit material, one count of misdemeanor possession of sexually explicit material.
James Smith, 22, 2067 Route 106, Leeds, two felony charges of burglary, felony charge of theft, misdemeanor charge of burglary of motor vehicle.
Jeffrie Smith, 19, 12 Pleasant St., No. 2, Livermore Falls, felony count of trafficking in schedule W drugs.
Justin Snay, 34, 248 Farmington Falls Road, New Sharon, felony count of possession of firearm by prohibited person.
Zebbie Thomas, 18, 187 Intervale Road, Jay, felony counts of arson and aggravated assault, misdemeanor charge of theft.
Timothy Tilton, 46, 6 Purington Lane, Chesterville, felony count of trafficking schedule W drugs, misdemeanor charge of marijuana cultivation.
David Wieselmann,39, 1111 Main St., Apartment 101, St. Johnsbury, Vt., felony count of operating under the influence/two priors.
Stephen Wilson, 55, 341 Main St., Kingfield, felony charges of possession of schedule Z drugs and trafficking in schedule X drugs, misdemeanor charge of marijuana cultivation.
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