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New York man caught with cocaine in Augusta found guilty of furnishing, but not trafficking drugs
The first jury trial in several months in Augusta, which took place over two days, resulted in a guilty verdict for 46-year-old Timothy Barclift.
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AUGUSTA A jury found a New York man caught getting off a bus in Augusta last year with nearly 300 grams of cocaine guilty Tuesday of aggravated furnishing of drugs, but not guilty of the more serious charge of aggravated drug trafficking.
Timothy Barclift, 46 , of the Bronx, a borough in N.Y., was charged in January 2020 with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs (cocaine). Maine Drug Enforcement Agent Nathan Walker and Augusta Detective Matthew Estes testified that police received an anonymous tip that Barclift had made multiple trips, bringing drugs, over the past several years from New York to Maine. The tip indicated he was going to be on a bus coming into Augusta on Jan. 22. 2020, and wo
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First Kennebec County jury trial in months underway in Augusta after pandemic hiatus
Timothy Barclift, a New York man arrested by police last January as he got off a bus in Augusta allegedly with nearly 300 grams of cocaine, is charged with aggravated drug trafficking.
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Unmasking only happened when witnesses took the stand or when the judge delivered instructions to the jury.
The precautions showed how local jury trials are set to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic, as people receive vaccines and the judicial system addresses a backlog of cases put on hold over the past year.