Police, Fire and Courts

ROCKLAND – The following deed transfers were recorded from Oct. 5-9 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court in Rockland from Oct. 5-16.

ROCKLAND – A Rockport man was charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a male adult and inflicting injury to another man at the same residence.

Rockport Sgt. Travis Ford arrested Tyrone…

ROCKLAND – The Knox County Grand Jury handed down 16 indictments Oct. 7. Of the 16 indictments, a majority of the cases involve unlawful…

ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Oct. 12-19. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

No one was hurt in a nighttime fire that claimed a vacant cape home on West Alna Road in Alna on Oct.21, Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask said.

An electrical malfunction ignited a wall in the back…

GULF OF MEXICO — A Hope family, and the community they are a big part of, are all in mourning with news that the man killed Tuesday on a drilling ship in the Gulf of Mexico was 34-year-old Sam…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 217 calls for service from Oct. 13-19. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or summons does not constitute guilt. A person charged with a…

CAMDEN — Rosey Gerry of Lincolnville didn't just lose his tractor in a fire Wednesday morning, he lost a solid working machine.

"Day in, day out, you just use it, all summer long," said…

Lincoln County Superior Court
Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry

Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry and her former employer, the town of Waldoboro, have settled her appeal out of court.

The town has agreed to pay Perry, town officials confirmed; the…

SOUTH THOMASTON — Pharmaceutical pills and hypodermic needles were seized and five Knox County residents arrested Monday night, Oct. 19, with charges ranging from trafficking and possession to…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Criminal Docket Oct. 10-16.

The Unified Criminal Docket is a system for processing criminal actions and certain associated civil…

ROCKLAND- The following cases were closed in Knox County Criminal Court from Sept. 28-Oct. 2. The Unified Criminal Court is a new system for…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Sept. 24 - Oct. 9.

Belfast

Jeffrey D. RIchards, Deborah L. Hussey, and…

ISLESBORO — The Islesboro Police Department reported the following activity for Oct. 5-18, 2015. An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt.

Oct. 8
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ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Oct. 7-12. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

The Maine Warden Service believes that skeletal remains discovered in Redington Township are likely those of missing hiker Geraldine Largay missing since July 22, 2013, according to a…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Oct. 8-13. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Oct. 8

Robert Hubbard, 52, of Unity,…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Oct. 7-13. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Oct. 7

Katie Van Scoy, 31, of Belfast,…

WALDOBORO - Waldoboro police responded to 285 calls for service from Oct. 6-13. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

ROCKLAND – The following deed transfers were recorded from Sept. 25-Oct. 2 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

ROCKLAND- The following cases were closed in Knox County Criminal Court from Sept. 21-25. The Unified Criminal Court is a new system for…

ROCKLAND – A 28-year-old man who was arrested following an investigation that began two weeks ago after an 8-year-old child was sexually…

CAMDEN — A tabletop magnifying glass on a stand in the window of the Josephine store in downtown Camden caused a smoldering fire that Camden firefighters were called to extinguish Thursday morning…

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court in Rockland from Sept. 28-Oct. 2.

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Rockland District Court from Sept. 28-Oct. 2.

ROCKLAND – A 28-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation that began two weeks ago after a child younger than 12 years old…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Sept. 9-23. 

Belfast

John M. Robbins to Sharon Robbins Cash.

Alfred R…

BELFAST — The following divorces were recorded at Waldo County Superior Court during the months of Aug. and Sept. 

Dorothea M. Socea, of Palermo, and Allan L. Socea, of Palermo, were married…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Oct. 3-9. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Sept. 23 (late entry)

Billy Joe Hall,…

ROCKLAND – The following deed transfers were recorded from Sept. 21-25 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

ROCKLAND – An Owls Head man was sentenced to serve four months in jail after he pleaded guilty to harassing and threatening 15 teenage girls…

ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Sept. 29-Oct. 6. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a crime is…

Facing bankruptcy for own failed businesses worse than stealing from the poor

PORTLAND — In a dramatic end to a year-long saga that disgusted a community, U.S. First District Court Judge George Singal Friday morning sentenced Russell Brace to four years in federal prison…

CAMDEN – Camden police reported the following activity Sept. 1-30. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a crime…

Coast Guard suspends search for survivors of El Faro, crew names released

MIAMI, Fla. (UPDATED Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m.) The commander of U.S. Coast Guard 7th District in Miami, Fla., issued a statement Wednesday evening, confirming that the…

UMCC attorney holds firm to 60-70 percent recoup of lost money

PORTLAND — U.S. District Court Judge George Singal is expected to sentence Russell Wing Brace of Rockport on Friday, Oct. 9, in the final federal court act following Brace's conviction in June for…

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Rockland District Court from Sept. 21-25.

ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court from Sept. 21-25.

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde announced in a new release that on Oct. 6, at approximately 6:10 a.m., officers responded to Reef Road for the…

ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Sept. 22-28. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Oct. 1-6. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Sept. 22 (late entry)

Jacob S. Aldus, 21,…

The Islesboro Police Department reported the following activity for Sept. 14 to Oct. 4, 2015. A summons or arrest does constitute a finding of guilt.

Sept. 15
• Public…

UPDATE: According to the family, Paul Doelp of Reading, Pa., twin brother of Peter Doelp of Southport, suffered what is believed to be a medical problem as he and Peter were…

Lincoln County Superior Court
Lincoln County Courthouse

A couple is denying neighbors’ claims that the pair have been overfeeding wildlife at their Bristol home. They have not been leaving corn around, nor using flash cameras at night, according to the…

Injuries require helicopter transport to Lewiston hospital

CUSHING — A LifeFlight of Maine helicopter and medical crew picked up a 17-year-old male driver in Thomaston late Saturday morning, after he crashed his car in Cushing and sustained incapacitating…

Last week, Maine State Police reported the arrest of two Biddeford area men in with more than 25 burglaries across Maine. Some of those businesses included J.C. Penney, in Rockland, as well as…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Sept. 27 - Oct. 2. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. 

Sept. 27

Randy Elwell, 18, of…

Hear the beep, where you sleep

In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Fire Prevention Day proclamation, and since 1922, Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Saturday period in which…