ࡱ> 463%` bjbjNN .,, 6 6 6 6 B b x x x x x x x GIIIIII$h|mx x mx x x x GGx V 276 qG0 ,x :  FIx x x mm x x x   MEDIA RELEASE fb88 Drug Enforcement Agency Direct questions to: Division Commander Darrell Crandall @ 207-557-0510 MDEA fugitive arrested in Bangor Bangor, ME: On October 14, 2006, Agents of the fb88 Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested Brad Plourde for trafficking in cocaine after his vehicle was stopped on I-95 in Sherman. Agents had followed Plourde and Donald Thibeault out of state and back to Aroostook County before they were stopped. Agents seized cocaine valued at more than $35,000. Plourde, who was 22-years-old and living in Eagle Lake at the time, was charged with aggravated trafficking in cocaine and he posted bail. Prior to his initial court appearance Agents arrested Plourde for violation of bail, after he failed a urine test. Once again, Plourde was granted bail, and was scheduled to appear in court on December 6, 2006. He did not appear in court, and he has been on the run ever since. MDEA Agents actively sought Plourde, chasing down leads in Kennebec, Androscoggin and Penobscot Counties in the ensuing two years, but were unable to catch up with him. Plourde is required by law to register as a sex offender, but did not register with the state during this time period. Recently, MDEA received a tip that Plourde was working in the Bangor area under an assumed name. The fugitive investigation accelerated again. On Monday afternoon, Agents pieced together that Plourde had been arrested by Bangor PD for a traffic offense on 7/26/09, and that he provided identification in the name of Francis Leidy at that time. Agents tracked him under that name to a residence on Willow Street in Bangor and surrounded the house with Bangor Police Officers. Plourdes girlfriend, 30-year-old Sarah Parlin, told agents that Plourde was not at the residence. Agents and officers searched the residence, finding Plourde hiding behind a sofa in the basement. He was taken into custody without incident. In addition to using a false name, Plourde had changed his appearance. Parlin, who misled police, was charged with Hindering Apprehension. Given the fact that there was a three-month-old child in the home, DHHS was notified. Bangor Police have also charged Plourde with aggravated forgery for his execution of a bail bond using a false name. When MDEA updated their website and created a Facebook page earlier this year, Plourde was one of the fugitives added to those sites. It is not clear if any of the subsequent tips came from either of those. Plourde will be taken back to Aroostook County to face the cocaine trafficking charges from 2006. Anyone with information on drug trafficking in their community may call MDEA, toll free, at 1-800-452-6457 or leave tips anonymously at  HYPERLINK "http://www.maine.gov/dps/mdea" \o "http://www.maine.gov/dps/mdea" www.maine.gov/dps/mdea. /y͹͙͙ͪ}h^fBB*OJQJ^Jphh^fB0JB*OJQJph jh^fBB*OJQJUphh^fB6B*OJQJ]ph&h^fB56>*B*OJQJ\]phh^fBB*OJQJph%h^fB6B*CJ OJQJ]aJ phh^fBB*CJOJQJaJphh^fB/0xy st !gd^fB!gd^fB,1h/ =!"#$% @@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DA@D Default Paragraph FontRi@R  Table Normal4 l4a (k@(No List4U@4 ^fB Hyperlink >*ph /0xyst !   000000000000000000000000000000/0xyst !   Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0Z0X0X0X0X0 !    Xjj$jtMQjMQjԍjMQjD MjtKQjtLQj4NQj4KQjJQjJQjOQjOQj ,Fj0@jj4jj jLII&&,NN__       PP+00[[ee    :*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsStreet;*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsaddress=*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags PlaceType=*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags PlaceName9*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsplace9*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsState8*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsCity }hfmy GN5< ! : A  2=>Ifodp  3333333333  =t8^fB %@  Ch   P@UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial7K@Cambria"qh#F#Fm m !24  2KX)?^fB MEDIA RELEASEJanine CollinsJanine CollinsOh+'0 $ D P \hpxMEDIA RELEASEJanine Collins Normal.dotJanine Collins3Microsoft Office Word@Ik@fX5@7m ՜.+,D՜.+,L hp  State of fb88, DAFS ' MEDIA RELEASE Title 8@ _PID_HLINKSAt Dhttp://www.maine.gov/dps/mdea  !"$%&'()*,-./0125Root Entry F77Data 1TableWordDocument.SummaryInformation(#DocumentSummaryInformation8+CompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q