A Maine man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Concord in connection with his manufacturing of THC-laced ice cream that was unknowingly consumed by four people in Newmarket, sickening them, in March 2023, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces.
Marc Flore, age 45, of Portland, Maine, pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord to one count of tampering with consumer products. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty scheduled Flore’s sentencing for November 4, 2025.
According to the charging documents and statements made in court, in March 2023, four people in Newmarket fell ill after eating coffee Oreo ice cream from Angelo’s Amore. All four experienced dizziness, elevated heart rate, vomiting, and three of the four were briefly hospitalized. A subsequent investigation revealed that the batch of coffee Oreo ice cream contained THC. The defendant added the THC to the ice cream when he made the batch in September 2022. While the ice cream was intended for the defendant’s personal use, he stored it in the ice cream café’s freezer with other commercial ice cream, without properly labeling that it contained THC. Staff then unknowingly provided the THC-laced ice cream batch to the four customers who got sick in March 2023.
The charging statute provides for a sentence of up to 10 years of imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.
