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<p>SCRANTON &#8212; A 22-year-old Maine resident pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy, which stretched from Stroudsburg to Maine.</p><p>According to United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, the defendant, Ricquell &#8220;Snaxx&#8221; Lindo admitted to conspiring with others to sell heroin between 2010 and 2015. Lindo admitted responsibility for distributing between 100 grams and 700 grams of heroin during the conspiracy, equivalent to between 3,300 and 21,000 retail bags of heroin.</p><p>Lindo was indicted along with six others by a federal grand jury in Scranton in September 2015. An investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pennsylvania State Police, Maine State Police, the Monroe County District Attorney&#8217;s Office and local police in Monroe County.</p><p>The indictment alleges that Lindo and his co-defendants participated in a street gang known as the Black P-Stones, who obtained heroin from suppliers in New York, and distributed the heroin in Stroudsburg and locations in the state of Maine. According to the indictment, couriers were used to transport heroin to Maine, where Lindo and others distributed it to customers.</p><p>Lindo faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a potential maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.</p><style>
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Maine man pleads guilty to trafficking heroin