Police, Fire and Courts

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Sept. 3-11. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. 

Aug. 29 (late entry)

Tyler Kendall, 19…

A Dresden man pulled a 2-year-old boy from the Kennebec River in Augusta Friday night and further aided him until emergency workers arrived, Augusta police said. The child’s condition was not…

ROCKLAND —  The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court and Rockland District Court from Aug. 29-Sept. 16.

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Superior Court Aug. 12 - Sept. 15.

Justin C.B. Canning, 32, burglary in Searport July 18, 2004, dismissed; theft by unauthorized…

WALDOBORO - Waldoboro police responded to 91 calls for service from Sept. 6-12. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Sept. 6-9 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

Begins Oct. 5

The Camden Fire and Police departments will hold a Citizen's Public Safety Academy beginning Oct. 5. Classes will continue every Wednesday evening, 6 to 9 p.m., until Nov. 16.

The course…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court and Rockland District Court from Aug. 22-26.

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from Aug. 22-26 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

Since her 88th birthday in 2011, Sally Robinson Long has had just one, albeit recurring, way she has wanted to celebrate the occasion with family and friends - by raising money for the St. George…

No complaints from public, systematic coverage; Camden hires new officer

ROCKPORT — Rockport leaders were not sure how citizens would react after the Camden and Rockport police departments began working under one police chief last July, but as of Sept. 12, no…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Aug. 29-Sept. 2.

Route 52, near Lincolnville town line

CAMDEN — The driver of a three-quarter ton Ford pickup crashed into the ledges near Megunticook Lake Monday night, Sept. 12, on his way home to Lincolnville. The force of the impact demolished his…

Maine’s Bureau of Financial Institutions at the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation warns of a scam involving…

Duston Reed, a 34 year-old lobsterman from Waldoboro, has been arrested by the Maine Marine Patrol after a seven-month investigation and charged with allegedly fishing lobster traps…

BELFAST — A Belfast man was killed instantly Sept. 11 after his vehicle crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming vehicle head-on. 

Kevin Hustus, 29, was traveling north on Route…

ROCKLAND — Rockland police reported the following activity Aug. 1-31. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Aug. 23 - Sept. 2. 

Belfast

City of…

CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity from Aug. 1-31. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

ROCKLAND — Rockland Police department has announced the hiring of Aaron Schmitz as a new patrol officer.

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Aug. 28 - Sept. 9. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug. 28

Roger D. Poulin, 59,…

ROCKLAND — In a somber ceremony on the morning of Sept. 11, the Rockland Fire Department remembered and honored the victims of the tragic 9/11 attack 15 years ago this date, an event that brought…

Neil and Lisa Page were inside their home at 122 Clark Drive in Wiscasset late Sunday morning when lightning flashed right behind the house. The next flash was even closer.

“Then I went, ‘…

Knox County Sheriff’s Office...

APPLETON — An Appleton man was arrested early Saturday evening after a neighbor complained of someone firing a gun off the deck of a residence.

Knox County Sheriff’s deputies responded to…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Aug. 26 - Sept. 5. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug. 11 (late entry)

Michelle A.…

SWANVILLE — If you’ve driven from Belfast to Swan Lake Grocery via Route 141 in the last eight years, you’ve driven past the Waldo County Community Garden, which is located on the stretch of road…

ROCKLAND — Two men remain in jail for the intentional sinking of a lobster boat in Tenants Harbor Sept. 1. Police are expecting to charge a…

Maine State Police...

BURNHAM — Maine State Police arrested a convicted sex offender Sept. 8 and charged him with possessing child pornography.

Police acted on a tip, according to a press release Friday, and…

BELFAST — The following Unified Criminal Court cases were closed in Waldo County from Aug. 26 - Sept. 1.

Robert McKinney, 21, of Belfast, probation violation in Belfast…

Settlement with Brewer, Vitale estates is resolution without protracted litigation

ROCKPORT - Rockport Town Manager Rick Bates Thursday confirmed that the town has settled with the families of 16-year-old Kara Brewer, of Rockland, and 17-year-old Emily Vitale, of Warren, in…

THOMASTON — Police were called to the Wal-Mart parking lot in Thomaston, off Route 1, late Wednesday night, after a man called 911 and made statements leading the dispatcher to believe he was…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Aug. 22-26.

A Rockland man is facing several charges following an incident yesterday evening.

Jonathan Whiffen, 55, was charged with operating under the influence, reckless conduct and aggravated…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Aug. 29 - Sept. 1. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug. 29

Brianna M. Barrows, 26,…

BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded at Waldo County Superior Court.

Jane L. Piantidosi, of Burnham, and Brian A. Piantidosi, of Augusta, were married Dec. 31…

Two Bridges Regional Jail

A 23-year-old named Alex Pedroza from Wiscasset recently got stopped for driving a car with the plates registered to another vehicle and was given a $300 fine for Improper Plates. He had just lost…

Lt. Maker issued this update at 2:24 p.m. Sunday:

At about 2 p.m. today, Morrow was located in Somerville and has been returned home without incident.

Original press release, issued at…

Maine State Police say speed is the cause of a one-vehicle crash Saturday in Prospect that killed two men and critically injured a third. The crash took place on the North Searsport…

A Subaru wagon took out a utility pole on Edgecomb’s River Road late Saturday night, leaving the car’s occupants with only minor injuries and the town’s fire department with several hours’ work…

Update, issued by Lt. Maker at 8:07 p.m. Friday:

Earlier tonight at about 6:30 p.m. Benaiah was located at a residence on Coopers Mills Road in Windsor. 

He…

Restorative Justice mentors spend an hour or two each week with a participant in one of the programs of the Restorative Justice Project. For young offenders in our Community Resolution…

ROCKPORT (UPDATE Sept. 2, 10:45 a.m.) — Police late Friday morning, Sept. 2, identified the worker killed in the Sept. 1 work accident on Mill Street in West Rockport as Franco Ferraiolo, 53, of…

Waldo County Sheriff’s Office...

LINCOLNVILLE — A reported disturbance at Lincolnville Town Beach, along Route 1, resulted in the arrests of two out-of-state people on Sept. 1. 

Nathan Mohrman, 35, of Dover, Del., and…

ROCKLAND — The following divorces were finalized in Rockland District Court from May through July. 

Four people safely made their way back to port Aug. 26, following a multi-asset response to a fishing boat taking on water that Friday morning about 60 miles southeast of Vinalhaven.

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Aug. 8-12.

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court from Aug. 15-19.

THOMASTON — The dreary weather did not keep the community away from coming to Applebee’s in Thomaston on Aug. 16 for the sixth annual “Tip-A…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Aug. 10-22.

Belfast

Ronald D. and Jane E. Raymond to…

BELFAST — The following Unified Criminal Court cases were closed in Waldo County from Aug. 19-25.

Wendell Corey, 38, of Belfast, operating under the influence in Belfast…