South Portland Man Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine

PORTLAND, Maine: A South Portland man was sentenced on September 22, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Portland for distributing controlled substances. 

U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Lynel Moultrie, 43, to 21 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Moultrie pleaded guilty on March 12, 2026. 

According to court records, in February and March 2024, an undercover agent with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency posing as a drug runner purchased cocaine from Moultrie on at least three occasions. Those transactions were surveilled and recorded by law enforcement.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the South Portland Police Department, and the Gorham Police Department investigated this case.

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