More plead guilty to charges stemming from Dexter drug ring

By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff

BANGOR — Four more people charged in connection with a drug distribution ring that allegedly operated in the Dexter area for a dozen years pleaded guilty on July 20 in U.S. District Court to drug conspiracy charges.

So far, eight of the 10 people indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2015 admitted to being part of a conspiracy that distributed cocaine and oxycodone between Jan. 1, 2002, and Nov. 22, 2014, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.

Mark Tasker, 48, of Dexter, his son, Greg Tasker, 27, of Stetson, Antoinette Perreault, 47, and Eugene Moulton, 67, both of Harmony, each pleaded guilty Wednesday to a drug conspiracy charge. The elder Tasker also pleaded guilty to one count of using or maintaining a drug-involved place.

The Taskers are being held without bail while awaiting sentencing. Perreault and Moulton, who live together, remain free on $5,000 unsecured bail each.

In January, Whitney Chadbourne, 32, and Corey Pomerleau, 24, both of Harmony, and John Williams, 39, and his wife, Cynthia Williams, 43, both of Stetson, each pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge. All are being held without bail.

Alleged ringleaders Roger Belanger, 58, of Corinna and his daughter Kelli Mujo, 30, of Wellington and Central Falls, Rhode Island, are to be tried beginning Aug. 15 before a jury in federal court in Bangor on one count each of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and an unspecified amount of oxycodone and using or maintaining a drug-involved place.

Many of those who have pleaded guilty are expected to testify against Belanger and Mujo, who are free on bail with restrictive conditions that include electronic monitoring and home detention.

Information about how the conspiracy operated in the area for so long is not included in court documents but may become public during the trial.

Dexter Police Chief Kevin Wintle said that the investigation into cocaine and oxycodone distribution that led to the arrests spanned 1.5 years.

All defendants who have pleaded guilty, except Mark Tasker, face up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $1 million. Mark Tasker, along with Belanger and Mujo, faces between 10 years and life in prison on the drug conspiracy charge and a fine of up to $10,000.

On the charge of using or maintaining a drug-involved place, all three defendants face up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $500,000.