PORTLAND, Maine - A Sanford man pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court to discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, conspiring to use and carry firearms during another drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court records, late in the evening on Jan. 3, 2024, Benjamin Ball, 31, of Sanford, fired a 9mm pistol into a residence in Lebanon over a drug debt owed to a co-conspirator. Ball fired the pistol from the front passenger seat of...
