Staff reports 10:54 a.m.
Sunday, September 6, 2020 10:54 am
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DOVER - A Rochester woman is facing up to 14 years in jail and up to $200,000 in fines following her indictment on two fentanyl trafficking charges by a Strafford County grand jury.
Leah Costales, 31, with a last known address of Melrose Drive, is accused of two counts of sale of fentanyl on May 8 and 9, 2019.
According to the charging documents, Costales in both instances, sold less than a gram of fentanyl to a "cooperating individual" in Rochester.
Each count carries a three and a half- to seven-year prison term and a $100,000 fine.
Costales pleaded guilty to a single charge of theft by unauthorized taking in August 2019 for stealing a truck in Farmington the previous June. She received a one-year sentence, all suspended for three years.