WALDO — Thieves stole from the very organization that helps folks get through the winter with firewood provisions. County sheriff…
Police, Fire and Courts
Taken from charity’s shed where wood is kept for the needy
Facing similar charges for home invasion, assault in Rockport three months later
ROCKLAND — During what was to have been Eli Kemberling's first appearance Monday afternoon in Knox County Superior Court after a judge revoked his bail last November, the court heard that…
AUGUSTA —Six people have been arrested in Augusta in connection with the alleged sale of heroin and crack cocaine from two Augusta homes. The drugs were purchased by undercover drug agents and the…
ROCKLAND – The Knox County Grand Jury handed down 41 indictments on Feb.13. The indictments included 38 individuals from Maine and three…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Feb. 13-20. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Feb. 5 (late entry)
Janessa E. Moulton,…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Feb. 13-20. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt…
The co-owner of Northeast Transport trucking company in Waldoboro on Feb. 22 thanked that town’s fire department and other ones for putting out a fire at the business’ new building.
“They…
ROCKLAND- The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court from Feb. 2-6.
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ROCKLAND – The following deed transfers were recorded from Feb. 9-13 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
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ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Sixth District Court from Feb. 9-13.
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ROCKLAND — The town of South Thomaston filed a civil suit Feb. 13 in Knox County Superior Court, alleging that two men failed to turn over…
ROCKLAND — A 19-year-old Spruce Head man was indicted on Feb.13 for manslaughter and driving to endanger from a crash that occurred in March…
Mobile home succumbs to fourth residential fire in seven days
SWANVILLE - Twelve hours after tending the smoldering remains of a house fire on Chandler Road, Belfast firefighters were back in Swanville to put out a blaze in a mobile home.
Fire Chief…
Pedestrian flags woman down as ‘river of fire’ trails vehicle
ROCKLAND — A Cushing woman jumped from her burning Ford Explorer in the nick of time this morning, thanks to a man on the sidewalk who noticed fire under her engine hood, and flames trailing from…
ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Feb.1-8. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a crime…
ROCKLAND – Rockland Police reported the following activity Feb.11-17. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…
Accident just 16 days after a fatal hit-and-run in the city
ROCKLAND — At approximately the same time of night that a pedestrian was struck and killed Jan. 30 by a vehicle in Rockland, a pedestrian was also struck by a car. Not only are the times of both…
Wind, low temperatures slow firefighting efforts
SWANVILLE - Firefighters from a half-dozen towns worked through the night into early hours Tuesday morning to contain a house fire on a rural road north of Swan Lake.
The fire at 109…
Failure to adequately prepare for, properly combat the fire also cited
ROCKLAND — Cecil Fogg of Owls Head filed a civil lawsuit in Knox County Superior Court Feb. 9, naming the town of Owls Head, the Owls Head Volunteer Fire Company and Frank Ross, the fire…
FRANKFORT — The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a fire at a mobile home in Frankfort that left the home's only occupant dead, according to the Maine Public Safety office.…
ROCKLAND- The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court from Feb. 2-6.
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ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Sixth District Court from Feb. 2-6. …
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Feb. 6-13. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Jan. 26 (late entry)
Stacy L. Hughes, 41…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Feb. 6-13. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Feb. 6
Ronnie Moulton, 27, of…
ROCKLAND – The following deed transfers were recorded from Feb. 2-6 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
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HOPE — Firefighters from Hope, Union and Rockport were called to a possible structure fire at Hope Elementary School Friday morning, and while there was an issue with the school’s boiler, school…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Superior Court Feb. 2-9.
Candice Elwell, 37, of Belfast, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon in Belfast July 21, dismissed…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court Feb. 2-9.
Serena Brown, 31, of Swanville, operating while license suspended or revoked in Belfast Jan. 7, 48 hours in jail…
ROCKLAND – Rockland Police reported the following activity Feb. 3-10. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…
ROCKPORT – Rockport police reported the following activity Feb. 1-8. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed…
Fire chief: ‘It was a horrible loss. It's tough in these small communities.’
BROOKS - An unexplained fire leveled a Brooks home Wednesday morning.
Firefighters were called out shortly before 10 a.m. to a one-and-a-half-story home on Veterans Highway owned by…
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency...
ROCKLAND – The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Rockland police have seized more than $125,000 cash and a Toyota pickup truck from a 25-…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recently recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds.
Burnham…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court Jan. 16-30.
Amanda L. Bedard, 28, of Winterport, operating while license suspended or revoked in Winterport Dec. 17, $750…
ROCKLAND- The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court from Jan 26-30.
Robert Armstead, 57…
The Knox County Sheriff’s office received 201 calls for service from Feb.1-7. Those calls that are not listed below include issues with all…
ROCKLAND – The following cases were closed in Knox County Sixth District Court from Jan. 26-30.
Michele…
Lincolnville Fire Department...
LINCOLNVILLE — About a dozen Lincolnville firefighters responded to the Yarnell home on Route 52 Wednesday morning, when a chimney fire took hold above a working wood stove.
Lincolnville…
BUCKSPORT — A state police lieutenant, a Bucksport police officer, and Bucksport's fire chief have been honored by the Maine Chiefs of Police Association for their role last summer attempting to…
BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Jan. 1-30.
Belfast
JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association and Melanie J…
Court lacks jurisdiction, judge says
PORTLAND — U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen ruled Feb. 6 that her court lacked jurisdiction over a case filed last year against Fox Hill LLC and McLean Hospital Corporation and…
Charges anticipated, discussions underway
ROCKLAND — Portland attorney Peter DeTroy has asked a Knox County District Court judge to extend the time required to respond to allegations made in lawsuit against his client Rusty Brace, of…
ROCKLAND - The following deed transfers were recorded from Jan. 19- 30 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.
Appleton
Phillip L. Sweetland and Loretta G. Sweetland to…
CAMDEN – Camden police reported the following activity Jan 1-30. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Feb. 3-6. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt
Jan. 3 (late entry)
Christopher J.…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Jan. 31 - Feb. 6. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Jan. 31
Robert B. Cyphers, 24, of…
BELFAST — A local woman has been charged with operating under the influence following investigation of a self-reported accident, according to the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office.
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State Fire Marshal’s Office
Efforts to thaw pipes led to the Feb. 3 fire that destroyed a Whitefield farmhouse, Sgt. Ken Grimes of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said Feb. 5. The fire at 5 Hilton Road was termed accidental…
Admitted ‘hitting something’, said he ‘drove off instead of staying because he panicked’
ROCKLAND — Judge Patricia Worth ordered Jeremy Stone of Rockport held on $20,000 cash bail Wednesday afternoon, during his initial appearance in Rockland District Court on charges related to a…
A farmhouse and its attached barn were lost Tuesday, Feb. 3, in a fire at 5 Hilton Road, authorities said. A representative from the State Fire Marshal’s Office would be at the scene Wednesday to…
