Police, Fire and Courts

BELFAST — The Waldo County Grand Jury handed down 15 indictments July 13. Of the 15 indictments, a majority of the cases involve unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs. An indictment does…

BELFAST — A Belfast woman was indicted July 13 on six counts relating to a May 14 accident that left one passenger dead and two other seriously injured.

The single vehicle accident occurred…

BELFAST — The following Unified Criminal Court cases were closed in Waldo County from June 25 - July 8.

Ralph Spencer III, 31, of Winterport, theft by…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from July 5-8 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 129 calls for service from July 5-12. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

ROCKPORT — Just one week after a teenager was charged with 40-50 counts of vehicle break-ins in Rockport and Camden, the neighborhood along Main Street in Rockport underwent another night of…

ROCKLAND — Rockland police reported the following activity June 1-30. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from June 27-July 1 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

ROCKLAND— The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court and Rockland District Court from July 4-15.

ROCKPORT — A utility truck hauling a trailer of cable wires swerved off of Route 17, rolled twice, and broke a power pole before coming to rest in the yard of a home near the intersection of…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 137 calls for service from June 27-July 5. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds May 23 - June 7.

Belfast…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’ Office reported the following activity July 5-11. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

July 5

Michael S. Miller, 59, of…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity July 3-7. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

July 3

Andrew Palmer, 30, of Jackson, was…

Knox County Sheriff’s Office...

UNION — Knox County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a Lincolnville man late Tuesday afternoon, following a report that a female who was traveling with him had been assaulted and needed help.

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from July 4-8.

CAMDEN — In a low-key yet historic development, all of Camden and Rockport police officers gathered, in uniform, at the Camden Public Safety Building to sign documents that officially…

Case remains under investigation

ROCKPORT — A 16 year-old Rockport male has been charged with 40 to 50 counts of burglary of motor vehicles in both Camden and Rockport over the past 10 days. The teen confessed to all of the…

The Maine Department of Public Safety is advising caution when picking up bottles alongside Maine roads and outdoor sites. This year is breaking records for methamphetamine manufacturing in the…

‘We have suspects...’

CAMDEN — Less than a week after Rockport police launched an investigation into a rash of car and home burglaries in the Main Street-Mistic Avenue neighborhood, Camden police and residents are now…

On Saturday, July 9, at 5:55 p.m. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies and an animal control officer responded to Old County Road in Bristol on a report of a dog being shot. The dog’s owner,…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity June 30 - July 4. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 30

Bobbie L. Rushlow, 33, of…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity July 2-10. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

July 2

Dakota T. Sanford, 22, of Belfast…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity June 23 - July 4. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 23

Apolonia Aguire, 26,…

A celebration of Mark Kelley’s 30 years of service to Rockport

ROCKPORT — The 30-year career of Police Chief Mark Kelley was celebrated with a humorous and sentimental journey with present and former…

Emergency responders rescued four people after a 23-foot Sea Ox skiff struck rocks nearshore at Spruce Point just after midnight on July 9.

Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch said police…

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage, in accordance with a proclamation signed by President Obama, is directing the flags of the United States and State of Maine be lowered to half-staff…

Mutual aid response

FRIENDSHIP — Fire departments from Friendship, Waldoboro, Warren and Cushing have been fighting a fire at 157 Harbor Road in Friendship, where a propane tank was said to have exploded.

The…

Rockport police field multiple calls

UPDATE — Camden-Rockport Police Chief Randy Gagne said July 8 that the investigation continues into the rash of vehicular and house break-ins along the Main Street and Mistic neighborhood of…

Three injured after truck pushes car into oncoming traffic

ROCKPORT — Route 17 in Rockport, near the intersection of Porter Street and Green Thumb nursery, was re-opened to traffic around 3:55 p.m. Thursday, following a three-car crash.

At the scene…

What was feared to be a homemade explosive devise left at the town office Thursday morning, July 7 and forced the evacuation of the Woolwich Municipal Building turned out to be altered consumer…

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is releasing a sketch of the suspect in the…

The Woolwich Town Office was closed and evacuated Thursday morning, July 7, after what appeared to be a possible explosive device was discovered at Nequasset Park, Selectmen’s Chairman David King…

The Knox County Sheriff's office received 448 calls for service from June 27-July 4. Some of the calls not listed include agency…

KNOX — Maine State Police Thursday morning have identified the woman killed July 6 in the town of Knox. The crash, which occurred on Route 137 near the Hilltop Store, took place about 3:30 p.m.…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday identified the swimmer rescued in a…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity June 25 -July 1. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 15 (late entry)

Bridget A.…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court May 20 - June 30.

Donald M. Collins, 32, of Bucksport, negotiating a worthless instrument in Bucksport Feb. 3, 2008, $200…

BELFAST BELFAST — The following Unified Criminal Court cases were closed in Waldo County from June 18-30.

Tyler Redman, 20, of Searsmont, gross sexual assault in…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity June 19 - 26. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 19

Chase R. McIntire, 19, of…

Maine Business and Consumer Court

The civil suit over majority ownership of the parent company for McSeagull’s restaurant in Boothbay Harbor has been settled out of court, a lawyer for one of the parties confirmed June 29.

A 51-year-old Alna woman was taken by helicopter to a Portland hospital Sunday after a power boat struck the kayak she was using in Nobleboro, Warden Chris Dyer of the Maine Warden’s Service said…

Coast Guard rescue crews recovered seven stranded kayakers from Burnt Porcupine Island, July 3.  The seven were on a guided tour when high afternoon winds, ranging from 15 to 25 miles…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from June 20-24.

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from June 27-July 1.

Siri E. Aiken, 62, of Cushing, operating under the influence (alcohol), fine $500, license…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded from June 13-17 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court and Rockland District Court from June 27-July 1.

ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity June 16-23. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office

At 3:21 p.m. Friday, July 1, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported burglary and aggravated assault on Hinks Road in Jefferson.  Upon units’ arrival, they found a 20-year-old…

Car rams DEA vehicle,

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said July 1 that it seized more than two pounds of heroin, in what is believed to be Maine’s largest seizure of the drug, according to a news release…