Multiple Fugitives Arrested Which Leads to Drug Seizure in Maine

Portland, ME – The U.S. Marshals Service in Maine announces multiple arrests while in search for a Massachusetts fugitive. Jason Whitney, 47, was arrested at his residence in Waldoboro, Maine Wednesday night, April 1st. Whitney was wanted for a weapon offense charge out of Massachusetts. While in search of Whitney at the residence, U.S. Marshals Task Force members discovered several other occupants living at the residence that had multiple warrants for arrest.

After receiving investigative leads from the United States Marshals Service (USMS) District of Massachusetts New England HIDTA Fugitive Task Force, the USMS Maine Violent Offender Task Force (MVOTF) was able to determine Whitney was living at a residence in Waldoboro, Maine. In coordination with the Waldoboro, Maine Police Department, Whitney was apprehended. Also discovered and arrested at the residence were Hannah Stone, 25, of Waldoboro, Maine, and Daason Carter-Hawkins 24, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Stone and Carter-Hawkins had multiple warrants for failure to appear on previous drug related offenses here in Maine.

Concurrent to the arrests, multiple quantities of drugs and paraphernalia where also discovered and seized by authorities, which included 184 grams of “crack” cocaine. Drug related investigations are on-going by state and local authorities.

Significant assistance was provided by the Massachusetts USMS New England HIDTA Fugitive Task Force, Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section (VFAS), Waldoboro, Maine Police Department, and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA). All three subjects were arrested without incident.

The USMS, Maine Violent Offender Task Force is comprised of members of the U.S. Marshals Service, Maine Department of Corrections, Biddeford Police Department, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Maine National Guard Counterdrug Task Force and the Coast Guard Investigative Service.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of any state or federal fugitive please contact the United States Marshals Service, MED.TIPLINE@usdoj.gov.