MACHIAS — A former Calais High School basketball star who is on probation for burglary was back in court Thursday in connection with criminal speeding and last month’s arrest of an alleged drug dealer in Bangor. Morgan Drew, 19, made an initial appearance before Superior Court Justice E. Allen Hunter on two motions to revoke her probation. Drew has been in jail since April 9, the day after her probation officer learned she had been with Allan Geiser, 33, of Brewer when he was arrested and charged with possession of OxyContin with intent to distribute, according to Assistant District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh. Drew acknowledged her addiction to OxyContin during her sentencing hearing in January and is seeing a drug abuse counselor in Bangor while she attends Husson College. One of the conditions of her probation is that she not associate with known drug users. Another probation condition is that she not engage in new criminal behavior, and her Jan. 23 charge of criminal speeding in Carmel is a violation of that condition, according to court documents. Drew’s attorney, David Mitchell of Calais, told Hunter that the motion to revoke her probation alleges she was with a drug abuser. There is no suggestion that she is actively using and, in fact, she was clean when she was tested after the speeding incident, Mitchell said. Assistant District Attorney Carletta Bassano told Hunter that federal authorities are presenting Drew’s alleged involvement with Geiser to a federal grand jury. According to an affidavit on file in Washington County Superior Court, Geiser was arrested after he allegedly ordered 1,000 OxyContin pills from a Providence, R.I., man who was “a cooperating defendant.” The affidavit of Timothy Heston — a North Providence, R.I., police investigator and agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration — states that the defendant was cooperating “in hopes of getting a break on drug charges.” The defendant told police that he has been supplying Geiser with OxyContin for two years, at a volume of 500 pills per delivery. According to Heston’s affidavit, Geiser had trouble getting his “money supplier” to come to the exchange and, as a result, brought three other people with him. Drew was one of those people and had $2,740 in cash on her when police found her with Geiser, according to Heston’s affidavit. Bassano told Hunter that Drew’s involvement with the DEA case indicates “she is still actively involved with controlled substances.” Bassano requested that Drew remain in jail until hearings could take place on the motions to revoke her probation. Mitchell argued that Drew was making A’s and B’s during her first year at Husson and should be permitted to complete her final exams before returning to jail to await the hearings. Hunter said he would set bail at $1,000 cash so that Drew could finish her exams. He ordered Drew to report to the Washington County Jail immediately after her last exam May 9. Drew resigned from the McDonald’s All-Star Girls Basketball Team last spring when she was arrested on a charge of burglarizing a Princeton home and stealing more than $600 in valuables. She pleaded guilty to burglary and theft and was sentenced in January to 18 months with all but 30 days suspended and three years’ probation.
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