Berwick man pleads guilty to trafficking of meth, fentanyl

Bo Rodden, and drugs and cash seized by the York County Sheriff's Office in February 2023 (YCSO photos)

PORTLAND, Maine: A Berwick man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute, methamphetamine and fentanyl.
According to court records, in January and Februar Bo Rodden, 33, formerly of Rollinsford, N.H., sold fentanyl and methamphetamine to a confidential source. On Feb. 14 Rodden was pulled over by a police officer in a traffic stop in Lebanon, during which he was found to possess five bags containing about 49 grams of fentanyl and two bags containing around 150 grams of methamphetamine.
Deputy Cody Frazier was on an enforcement detail in Lebanon around 12:30 p.m. looking for impaired or distracted drivers when he made the traffic stop that led to the arrest of Rodden, who provided a false name to the deputy, according to a statement from York County Sheriff Bill King. The subject was subsequently identified as Rodden.
King noted that probable cause was established to search the vehicle, where the deputy found fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine.
The street value of the fentanyl was determined to be around $15,000 and the methamphetamine around $16,000, King said. Also seized was $1,860.00 in suspected drug proceeds.
Rodden faces up to 20 years in prison, a fine up to $1 million, and up to three years of supervised release. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.