Maine State Police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said Sunday, April 8, that  three people have been arrested in connection with three Washington County heroin overdoses that took place within 30 minutes of each other on Friday, April 6.

 

Law enforcement in six other Maine communities have also reported similar overdoses, although none have been fatal, according to a news release from the Maine Dept. of Public Safety.

 

At approximately 4 p.m. April 6, state troopers from Troop J  and detectives from the State Police Major Crime Unit responded to two overdoses in Machiasport and a third in East Machias.

 

The victims were two men and a woman, all in their 30s.  

 

First responders used Narcan to revive the trio and two of them were hospitalized overnight and were released on Saturday, according to the release.  A fourth overdose in the Hancock County Town of Franklin also took place about two hours after the Washington County incidents and all are suspected to have a connection to the three arrests, police said. 

Troopers began their investigation after the overdoses in Machiasport and East Machias and brought in MDEA agents and the Washington County Sheriff's Office to assist. 

 

Agents obtained a search warrant for a home on the Cutler Road in Machiasport, which the three agencies then searched, the release said. Seized from the home were 12 grams of crack cocaine, three grams of suspected heroin and  $934 in cash.  

 

The resident of the home, Jon Wright, 50, was taken into custody on a previously issued MDEA arrest warrant charging him with Unlawful Trafficking in Heroin, the release said.

 

Leanza Boney, 20, of Harlem, New York, was arrested for Unlawful Trafficking in Heroin.  Jesse Michaud, 38, of Machias, was taken into custody for violation of bail conditions.

 

Additional charges are expected to be filed as the criminal investigation continues, police said.  Investigators were also assisted by the Culter Navy Fire Department. 

 

The three arrested were taken to the Washington County Jail.  Other heroin overdoses were reported in Bangor, Brewer, Corinth, Guilford, Hartland and Herman, although drug agents suspect they are not tied to the overdoses in Washington County.