A drug trafficking investigation involving the South Portland Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) led to the arrest of a South Portland man with a lengthy criminal history in the state who obtained a $20,000 PPP loan from the federal government,
According to police, South Portland Police officers working alongside the MDEA arrested 42-year-old Lynel Moultrie of South Portland at around 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
Moultrie faces four counts of trafficking in scheduled drugs, and is being held at the Cumberland County Jail on $20,000 bail.
Officers searched two residences located at 857 Broadway #2 and 112 Colin Kelly Rd. in South Portland, and recovered evidence related to the investigation, police said.
“This individual was selling drugs in our community, and he has been arrested thanks to this coordinated effort,” South Portland Police Chief Dan Ahern said Wednesday.
Ahern thanked MDEA and South Portland officers for “the dangerous work they do every day protecting our community and getting drugs and suspects who sell them off the streets.”
According to criminal records obtained by the Maine Wire, Moultrie has an extensive criminal record in Maine dating back over 20 years. Despite this lengthy criminal record, and despite being on probation at the time, Moultrie was able to secure a $20,833 loan under the federal COVID-19 Payroll Protection Program (PPP).
As indicated in the record of the PPP loan, the Calif.-based Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC provided the loan to Moultrie for a single-employee “delivery” business, meaning Moultrie directly received the $20k.
In April 2003, Moultrie was arrested by Brunswick Police and charged with theft (Class D) — a charge dismissed by prosecutors after he was arrested in Portland later that year and found guilty of two counts of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs (Class D).
For the two drug possession counts, Moultrie was sentenced to a total of 30 days in jail.
In August 2006, Moultrie was found again found guilty of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs (Class D), receiving a jail sentence of 72 hours, a fine of $300, and ordered to pay $110 in restitution.
Moultrie was arrested by the MDEA in December 2006 and charged with unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs (Class B), and violating condition of release (Class E)
Then, in May 2007, Moultrie was once again found guilty of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs (Class D), that time receiving a sentence of 90 days in jail and a $400 fine.
For the felony drug trafficking charges from December 2006, Moultrie was given a four-year sentence with all but six months suspended, and placed on probation for two years.
Criminal history records show Moultrie violated his probation in June 2009, which was then extended for two years, and violated his probation again in October 2010, resulting in another two-year extension of his probation.
By November 2010 Moultrie was once again found guilty of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs in Cumberland County, receiving a 60-day sentence and $400 fine.
Two years later, in November 2012, Moultrie was charged in South Portland with operating a motor vehicle after a habitual offender revocation — a felony, which was later dismissed by prosecutors.
In April 2017, Moultrie was arrested in Portland on a misdemeanor assault charge, for which he was found guilty and fined $300.
Moultrie received another felony drug trafficking charge in May 2020, alongside trafficking in prison contraband (Class C), refusing to submit to arrest (Class D), and falsifying physical evidence (Class D).
For those charges he received an 18-month sentence with all but 48 hours suspended, and was put on probation for two years.
Just over three years since receiving the more than $20,000 taxpayer-funded check from the federal government, Moultrie is facing four counts for trafficking in scheduled drugs.
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I’m surprised the South Portland police department has the time to track this guy down considering they spend so much time focusing on White people who notice what South Portland is turning into. How’s that diversity working out for you?
We need to drive these liberals out of coastal Maine. Wear MAGA gear everywhere, display your flag, show up to local meetings and express common sense views, Drive your big gas/diesel guzzling trucks everywhere. Fight for the Maine fishing industry. When parked near a charging station, blast country music. Monitor voter drop boxes for mules, put up a camera nearby if possible.
In depth oversight. It’s what I love most about government agencies who dispense our tax dollars.
Diversity Equity & Inclusion.
This is Maine’s strength.
this is the agenda of South Portland representative. keep voting for democrats we will be replaced
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We all know that mf wasn’t born in Maine. How stupid are you to bring him here and mollycoddle his entire criminal career as he preys on Maine’s naive white citizens?
Tim R. you are right. He’s a cog and part of the plan to eliminate whitey and get more democrat votes. Whitey is screwed in Maine.
Holy cow, OUI punishments are more severe than this guy has ever gotten.
It’s the judges and DA and the wokeness all combined.
Couple this with the open door for illegals and endless, easy welfare that draws the homeless here, the current attempt to take everyone’s guns so we can’t defend ourselves and they’re putting the citizens of Maine in danger.
Stop voting Dirty Dem
This is south portlands representative agenda they are trying to replace us we can’t let it happen.
1.HP1268 JOINT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BEING PERPETRATED AGAINST THE SUDANESE PEOPLE2.HP1281 JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING APRIL 2023 AS THE 29TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI IN RWANDA3.HP1449 JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 8, 2024 AS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY4.LD 2152(HP1376)An Act to Allow Equitable Compensation of Certain Board Members5.LD 2167(HP1387)An Act to Develop Maine’s Economy and Strengthen Its Workforce by Establishing an Office of New Americans
By golly, reading all this bigotry and prejudice makes me want to move to Maine and finish raising my son in this most perfect state. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a liberal and neither is my son, but what a bunch of hypocrites, heartless, self-righteous, plain old perfect bunch y’all are! I bet everyone in Maine has a college degree, no high school droputs, no junkies, only nice white folks every which way. It just so happens that this person’s (yes, person) mother is a client and very hard working nurse, and the father was a veteran who died youmg. Has it ever crossed anyone’s mind that this guy may have had a hard time dealing with moving constantly with a military family, and the loss of his father as a child? Did I mention judgmental? He’ll certainly get the punishment he deserves for his bad choices, but each of you should consider doing that thing the bible tells you to do. Take care of your own life’s dirt, or something like that. Some compassion is in order here.