Comment on Eight in York County indicted in scheme to sell stolen guns, buy heroin

Eight York County residents have been indicted following a four-month investigation into a scheme to steal guns in burglaries and sell them in exchange for heroin. State, county and federal authorities began investigating in November after two men and woman were arrested on charges related to burglaries committed in York, Cumberland and Oxford counties. Those three – Christopher Michaud, Cole Meserve and Amber Meserve – were accused of bringing guns they stole to a residence in Buxton, where they sold them for money and drugs, Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety said in a news release. Following their arrests last Nov.