Comment on NY man charged in scheme to trade guns for cash, drugs in Augusta

A New York man has been charged in U.S. District Court in Bangor in connection with a scheme to trade drugs and cash for handguns in the Augusta area. Rashaad J. McKinney, 26, of Rochester, New York, and Benton, Maine, is charged with one count each of conspiracy to distribute and possess heroin and crack cocaine, the distribution of heroin, the distribution of crack cocaine and conspiracy to violate federal firearms laws. McKinney, who goes by the nicknames Dawson and D, pleaded not guilty to the charges Wednesday in U.S.