ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Court from July 19-Aug. 10.
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AUGUST 11 HEARING HELD IN KNOX COUNTY COURT
ROCKLAND -The former RSU 13 bus driver that struck and killed 12-year-old Brayden Callahan in November 2025 has admitted to the civil violation of committing a traffic offense…
A Thomaston resident was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland, on Aug. 10, 2026, for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent engaged in his…
UPDATED (Aug. 10): District Attorney Natasha Irving issued a statement Aug. 7 on the state’s decision to dismiss the manslaughter charge against the…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds July 20-24.
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BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County unified court July 22-28.
Curtis A. Tunnell, 35, of Waldo, domestic violence…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity July 18 - Aug. 2.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Aug. 3-7.…
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released its…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity July 26 - Aug. 6.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those…
As of Aug. 11, 2026, the investigation continues into the cause of this fire.
OWLS HEAD – A potential structure fire was quickly suppressed on…
On Aug. 5, the Belfast Fire Department responded to a reported building fire at 256 High Street, Waterfall Arts, in…
NORTH HAVEN — A passenger on the schooner Heritage was removed from the vessel by law enforcement this morning, Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Pulpit Harbor. Due to…
WARREN — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a serious motor vehicle crash involving a motorcycle and a minivan that occurred early in the afternoon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, on…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds July 27-31.
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SOUTH THOMASTON – Roadwork on Buttermilk Lane in South Thomaston came to a pause for less than an hour, Tuesday, after a motorcycle crash occurred outside of the roadwork zone.
Shortly…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds July 13-17.
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WARREN — One person is dead and LifeFlight was called to a local hospital to meet a critically injured person, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Camden…
ROCKLAND — A section of Park Street in Rockland closed to traffic following a motor vehicle crash involving a car and a motorcycle at approximately 5:30 p.m., Aug. 1. This day happens to be…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County unified court July 22-28.
Michael Sentell, 42, of Belfast, probation violation…
non-compliant driver narrowly misses striking firefighter personnel; telephone negotiations employed
KNOX COUNTY — A non-compliant driver was safely intercepted Friday afternoon, July 31, 2026, following a multi-town vehicle pursuit that began after a near-miss with emergency personnel, according…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity July 15-28.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity July 18-29.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction…
BELFAST— A Belfast man was charged wirth arson following a basement fire July 29, according to a media report from the Maine State Fire Marshal's Office:
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ROCKLAND — Main and North Main streets will be closed on Saturday, August 1, from 9:30 a.m. to Noon, for the Lobster Festival Parade. See the…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds July 6-10.
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BELFAST — The following indictments were handed up by a Waldo County grand jury July 24.
Francis Meriza Mendez-Tejeda, 52, of Methuen,…
SEARSPORT — On July 28, a teen, 16, suffered severe burns to 30 percent of her body as she attempted to extinguish a cooking oil fire in the kitchen of a Searsport home.
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ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Court from July 19-27.
…MAN ARRESTED BY POLICE FOR VIOLATING "YELLOW FLAG" LAW
ROCKLAND – A Warren man who is prohibited from having a firearm under Maine’s yellow flag law, attempted to purchase a firearm July 25 in Rockland,…
LATEST UPDATE — Belfast Police Chief Bobby Cormier issued another press release at approximately 4 p.m., July 28, with additional information regarding the burglary suspect:
"On Tuesday,…
The fatal shooting of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford earlier this month marked the second time federal immigration…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Court from July 11-18…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court July 15-21.
Jesse W. Reed, 42, of Sangerville, probation violation in Knox April 11, 2021, 21 days…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds July 20-24. …
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds June 29 - July 3.
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BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity July 9-23.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged…
BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.
Aaron J. Webb, of Palmyra, and Kathleen Webb, of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, were married July 18, 2013,…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity July 2-23.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction,…
seeking Anyone who witnessed the crash or has related information
On Monday, July 20, 2026, at approximately 3:33 p.m., troopers from Troop I responded to a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 northbound near mile marker 123 in Sidney…
ROCKPORT (July 21, 2026, at 9:45 a.m.) — The occupant of a 2003 Toyota RAV4 was transported to a trauma center following a single-vehicle crash at the…
NORTHPORT — One man lost his life, while another was seriously injured in a July 15 head-on collision, according to a July 20, media report from the…
The following comprises court activity the past week in Knox County for two cases including a hearing held in the Sunshine Stewart murder case and a…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court July 8-14.
Clifford Young, 51, of Brooks, operating under the…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds July 13-17.
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Investigators with the Office of the State Fire Marshal responded to Montville to investigate a reported structure fire involving a small camp, according to a July 18, media report from The…
BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity July 8-16.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged…
BELFAST — A Newcastle man was sentenced to serve two years in prison and pay a total of $8,600 in fines after being sentenced…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity July 2-16.
An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction,…
SEARSMONT — It has been a devastating spring and summer for funerals. Retired Fire Chief Ken Desmond, 76, of Woolwich, recently returned from the fourth funeral of Maine…
