By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
MERRILL — Maine Drug Enforcement Agency officials, working on a tip about a possible methamphetamine lab in a vehicle, arrested a Merrill man Monday.
The vehicle’s owner, Sara Harvewood, 26, of Merrill, reported to police on Saturday that her brother, 33-year-old Michael Boody, also of Merrill, made methamphetamine in her car and that the remnants of his operation were still in the vehicle.
Michael Boody
Members of MDEA’s Laboratory Enforcement Team responded and confirmed the car contained a “one pot” vessel used to make methamphetamine and other materials, according to MDEA Commander Darrel Crandall.
The vehicle was towed to Houlton where members of the MDEA’s lab team executed a search warrant, collecting evidence and disposing of additional hazardous materials, Crandall said. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Houlton Fire Department assisted MDEA’s lab team.
During their search, agents learned that Boody had fled from officers of the Houlton Police Department earlier in the day during an unrelated traffic stop.
MDEA agents and area law enforcement spent some time Saturday night and Sunday looking for Boody, but did not locate him.
On Monday, officers from the Houlton Police Department located Boody at a residence in Houlton and arrested him on two unrelated arrest warrants for failure to appear in court.
MDEA agents were notified and charged Boody with Class B trafficking in methamphetamine.
Boody was taken to the Aroostook County Jail where he is being held on $10,000 cash bail. Boody had been under investigation by MDEA earlier this year for manufacturing methamphetamine and had been interviewed by agents at that time.
If convicted, Boody faces up to 10 years in prison.
Information on drug crimes may be reported to MDEA at 1-800-452-6457 at MDEA website: www.maine.gov /dps/mdea or at MDEA’s MyPD smartphone application for iPhone and Android.
