3 facing drug charges
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel 01/12/2008

From staff reports

A China man and the general manager and the cook at a Waterville restaurant were arrested early Friday in a drug raid at a Waterville home, according to police.

Nicholas Mansfield, 24, of Waterville, who opened Wise Guys Restaurant & Lounge in the former Aubuchon Hardware on Water Street last October, is charged with possession of marijuana and violating the conditions of his release on a previous charge. He was arrested in December on charges of criminal trespass and terrorizing.

Waterville Deputy Police Chief Charles Rumsey said Wise Guys' kitchen manager Jesse Thompson, 23, was charged with unlawful possession of the prescription drug Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addiction.

Arrested with the men was Jacob Olivares, 26, of China.

Olivares is charged with felony trafficking in drugs for allegedly being in possession of 198 tablets of the prescription narcotic oxycodone. Each tablet seized was 40 milligrams in strength, worth $40 apiece on the street.

Both Mansfield and Thompson live at 95 Drummond Avenue where the arrests took place early Friday, according to Police Chief Joseph Massey.

Police seized $13,000 in cash.

Olivares faces up to 10 years in prison on the felony trafficking charges.

Olivares, on probation for aggravated assault, is being held without bail at the Kennebec County jail in Augusta. All three men have court dates in March.

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brian wheeler of oakland, ME
Jan 12, 2008 7:18 AM
its to bad to see these people destroy their lives and others as wellreport abuse
Theway Iseeit of Somewhere, ME
Jan 12, 2008 9:03 AM
Drugs is baad!report abuse
stopthewar of Somewhere, ME
Jan 12, 2008 9:07 AM
He obviously didn't name his restaraunt after himself and his buddies because, they don't appear to be too wise!

BOYS WHO DONT GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL IS BAAD TOO!report abuse
Magnum Ralph of Eureka, ME
Jan 12, 2008 9:17 AM
Once again, institute one of the following punishments for such crime:

1) Public whippings,
2) Public floggings,
3) Public canings (where they soak a wooden cane in briny water until it is saturated, then apply it liberally with a great deal of force on the punishee.)

Who wants to bet that these dirtbags will be out on a whim after their day in court? They will be if Judge Mills has her warped way. Any quasi-intelligent defense attorney will petitition for a slot on her docket.report abuse

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