SWANVILLE — On Sunday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. the Waldo County Dispatch Center received an emergency call at 950 Swan Lake Ave. in the Town of Swanville. The complainant advised dispatch that Thomas…
Police, Fire and Courts
Wiscasset Police Department
A Wiscasset man who allegedly failed to comply with the sex offender registry could face prison time if convicted.
Aaron Ashton, 33,…
KNOX — Waldo County Sheriff’s deputies Kyle Wasiela and Wiley McVety responded to a Morse Road home Dec. 27 at 6 p.m. for a domestic disturbance.
According to the sheriff’s Dec…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Deputy Police Chief Wally Tower has resigned from his position after 27 years with the department. He made the announcement Wednesday, Dec.…
ROCKLAND — A Rockland woman was struck by a pickup truck as she crossed Park Street in a crosswalk near the intersection with Main Street. The accident occurred late Christmas Eve morning, Dec. 24…
ROCKLAND – Rockland Police have charged three teenagers allegedly responsible for the Dec. 20 burglary and vandalism at Oceanside High School.
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BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Dec. 13-23. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Dec. 13
Jeremy M. Cunningham, 29, of…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity Dec. 13-23. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
Dec. 12
Nancy Silverman Bogart, 65,…
ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity Dec. 16-21. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed…
On Dec. 17, the Waldo County Sheriff's Office received a complaint from a resident of Troy indicating that an…
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office received 232 calls for service from Dec. 14-20. Those calls that are not listed below include issues with all terrain vehicles, alarms, 911 hangups, nuisance,…
Waldo County Sheriff’s Office
BELMONT — A 44-year-old Montville man who was previously convicted of rape and is now a lifetime registrant with the Maine Sex Offender Registry, was issued a summons for alleged unwanted sexual…
ROCKLAND —Rockland Police are investigating a burglary at Oceanside High School that was reported Dec. 20 at 8 a.m.
Police discovered that fire extinguishers were emptied of their contents,…
Five area fire departments respond to Saturday evening blaze
MONROE - Monroe village was lit up on Saturday evening, but the occasion was all Grinch as fire engines from four neighboring towns descended on a mystery blaze near the center of town and joined…
ROCKLAND — Two cushions on wooden chairs near an open fireplace smoldered in a Rockland home Friday evening, Dec. 19, sending the smoke alarm into action and a call for help to the Rockland Fire…
ROCKLAND — The following divorces were finalized in Sixth District Court from September to November, 2014.…
VASSALBORO — The Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro has graduated its most recent class of police officers, all of whom spent 18 weeks there in study and training. Among the 56 are three…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Maine’s Capitol Police say a Bath man was arrested after a bizarre incident at the Maine State Museum in Augusta Tuesday morning.
Officers have…
ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity, Dec. 3-15. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty…
ROCKPORT — A two-vehicle crash on Meadow Street in Rockport sent a sedan off the road and onto its side, forcing the driver to stand on the steering wheel and crawl out through the passenger…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
A man who was arrested in July for allegedly striking and choking a woman has been rearrested after police claim he allegedly assaulted another woman.
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OWLS HEAD — The Owls Head Volunteer Fire Company held their annual firefighter appreciation supper Sunday, Dec. 14 at the Owls Head Community Building for fire personnel and their families. The…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court from Nov. 1 to Dec. 12.
Summer Nadia Ali Ariza, 32, of Bangor; guilty of a probation violation; 90 days in jail,…
WARREN — Knox County Sheriff's deputies responded around 5:30 p.m. Friday to a report of a two-vehicle accident in Warren, and found the driver of a car that failed to stop at a stop sign was…
A Wiscasset man who was the subject of a water rescue Sunday in Westport Island was arrested on warrants that authorities said were out on him.
Daniel Colby Jr., 32, allegedly refused help…
Lincolnville Fire Department...
LINCOLNVILLE — Camden resident Johnny Tofani and his dog, Luna, escaped unscathed Saturday night, when his Dodge pickup truck caught fire and burst into flames.
Tofani was on High Street in…
Lincoln County Grand Jury
A Waldoboro man was indicted for multiple felonies after he allegedly sexually assaulted three people in August and September.
John…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police announced Friday that they have arrested the third man identified and wanted for the Sept. 21 daytime robbery and theft of marijuana plants from a medical marijuana…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity Nov. 24-30. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the southern…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in Knox County Superior Court Sept. Nov. 1 - Dec. 10.
Appleton
Robert Leroy Milliken and Glenna Louise Milliken…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity Nov. 10-16. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the…
DENVER, Colo. — Jason and Mary Throne of Rockport entered into a settlement agreement with U.S. company Hunter Douglas Inc. last month, which stipulates that the Thrones pay back $5,068,589.70 to…
A Boothbay Harbor man was arrested Dec. 9 for aggravated furnishing of Schedule W drugs, bath salts, according to release from Boothbay Harbor Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement…
CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity, Oct. 31 to Nov. 30. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven…
Lincoln County Grand Jury
The Lincoln County Grand jury indicts the following individuals:
Russel Golden, 47, of Bath was indicted on Class B tampering with a…
A Wiscasset woman has been indicted by the Lincoln County Grand Jury, alleging she trafficked in prison contraband and attempted to assault someone with bodily fluids…
Rockport Fire Department...
ROCKPORT — Rockport resident William "Billy" Smith is both a Rockland Police officer and a Rockport firefighter, but today he is a patient at Pen Bay Medical Center, laid up in bed with fractures…
OWLS HEAD — This morning, Dec. 8, at 8:19, Knox County Sheriff's Office was called to a report of a single-car rollover crash on Ingraham Drive (Route 73) in…
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency...
SEARSPORT — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Searsport Police announced the arrest of three people for their alleged roles in importing and trafficking methamphetamine in Searsport.
The…
Sixty percent of residential fire deaths result from fires in homes without working smoke alarms...
Citing three separate fires in Portland, St. Francis and Caribou in the past three weeks that claimed the lives of 11 people, Gov. Paul LePage Thursday announced a plan to help ensure every Maine…
Friday morning radio with Wolffie
ROCKLAND — Tune into WRFR 99.3 FM Camden or 93.3 FM Rockland Friday, Dec. 5,…
CAMDEN — Spring Brook Hill on Route 1, just north of Camden Hills State Park, can be a bit of a nail-biter to travel when road conditions are icy and slushy. It’s a big hill, with a curve at the…
Well-disguised perpetrator came and went unnoticed, left few clues
BELFAST - A sign outside Bennett’s Gems & Jewelry reads “Got Gold? Get Cash!” According to police, a burglar who broke into…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity Oct. 27 - Nov. 2. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the…
BELMONT — Waldo County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Littlefield and Sgt. James Greeley responded to an 8 p.m. call for help Nov. 29 in Belmont where the victim stated…
A heavy, wet snow blanket
It’s been nonstop slipping and sliding off local roads as the latest snowstorm deposits upwards of six inches and more in the Midcoast. In Rockport, Public Work crews have been plowing and sanding…
UNION — Knox County Sheriff's deputies responded to a head-on crash on the Common Road in Union at approximately 10 a.m. this morning, Nov. 26.
Sherry Willis, 56, of Union, was operating a…
An Alna man was hospitalized with a head injury Nov. 22 following a shooting incident on West Alna Road in Alna, authorities said. AJ Lang, 22, has been released from Maine Medical Center, a…
‘We’re a flying ICU’
PORT CLYDE — On Aug. 11, 2013, both of Maine’s LifeFlight helicopters touched down at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.
One of those helicopters carried 9-year-old Dylan Gold of Cohasset…
‘A powerful social movement we’re involved with’
BELFAST — This month, founders and staff at Restorative Justice of the Midcoast Project, known across four…
