LINCOLNVILLE — A family that had just arrived from New York for a vacation on Penobscot Bay awoke to the sound of fire alarms blaring and their rental house rapidly filling with smoke.
Soon…
Police, Fire and Courts
One theft leads to another in two-county investigation
ROCKPORT — Police and firefighters responded to a car accident on South Street in Rockport early this morning and when they got there, the driver had apparently fled, and then drove away in a blue…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity Aug. 4-10. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the southern…
Ford 350 stolen from yard some time during the night
ROCKLAND — The Ford 350 that had been stolen from Seasons Downeast in Rockport was discovered at a construction site on Gay Street in Rockland Aug. 13. The truck had apparently been there for a…
Alleged intentional injury
ROCKPORT — The Maine Marine Patrol is investigating what witnesses are saying was the intentional harming of a seal in Rockport’s inner harbor Aug. 13.
According to Marine Patrol officer…
WASHINGTON — A Waldoboro man and his 27-year-old passenger escaped injury Tuesday night when he fell asleep at the wheel and went off the road in Union, rolling his truck and the trailer he was…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court July 22 through Aug. 6.
Summer N. Ali Ariza, 32, of Rockland, probation violation in Rockland July 26, 2011, 90 days…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Rockland District Court July 22 through Aug. 6.
Phillip R. Arsenault, 31, of Thomaston, domestic violence assault in Thomaston…
Pilot Ed Friedman says that before his helicopter spun and crashed in Burnham in July 2013, he was in perfect control of the craft on a flight to track a bear in a Unity College study.
The…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded at the Knox County Registry of Deeds July 25-Aug. 6.
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BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity July 30-Aug. 7. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
July 26 (late entry)
Jeffrey W.…
A federal probe has determined a 2013 helicopter crash in Burnham was likely due to the pilot’s failure to control the craft’s direction while flying low to track a black bear wearing a…
Putting glasses on
ROCKPORT — Traffic at the intersection of routes 1 and 90 slowed Aug. 7, after one driver plowed into the back end of another car, sending a chain reaction up the line. Two people were transported…
Cause to remain undetermined
CAMDEN — Fire, possibly started by a lightning strike earlier Wednesday afternoon, destroyed a two-story Camden home at 265 Beaucaire Ave. early Thursday morning. There was nobody inside or…
BELFAST — Investigators with the Maine Fire Marshal's Office have ruled the fire at a local grocery store last month an act of arson, according to a press release from the Belfast Police…
ROCKPORT — Rockport Fire Department and its newly formed Pacific Engine Company firefighters are in need of some equipment to better serve the town and they plan to hold a fundraising “Toll Booth…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity July 25 - Aug. 4. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
July 25
Elizabeth Cox, 28, of…
CAMDEN — A 7-year-old Camden girl crossing Turnpike Drive (Route 52) from a neighbor’s house to her house ran into the road as a car was passing by, colliding with it, according to Camden Police…
Second teen also hurt in Friday night’s accident
WALDOBORO — A Rockport teen died Aug. 2 following injuries sustained Friday night, when a truck struck him on Union Road in Waldoboro.
Waldoboro Police Chief William Lobombarde said Aug. 4…
CAMDEN — Camden and Rockport police, along with a State Police K-9 unit have been busy Sunday morning looking for a man who reportedly entered a home on Maple Street, startling sleeping residents…
Three injured, one taken to the hospital
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Lobster Festival Grand Parade was halted for approximately 20 minutes Saturday morning after two Shriner race cars collided at the intersection of Main and…
Local roads over the last few days of July have been crowded (relatively, for Maine at any rate), with fender-benders, vehicles in ditches and a tractor…
CAMDEN — A woman from Baltimore, Md., was struck by a large sport utility vehicle while she attempted to cross Washington Street — outside of a crosswalk — in downtown Camden Thursday evening.…
Alleged software routing to personal account
CAMDEN — An employee of Archangel Computers, in Camden, was arrested July 21 and charged with Class C felony theft using Square billing software.
Detective Curt Andrick said July 31 that…
SEARSMONT — Waldo County Sheriff deputies and other first responders spent this morning, July 31, searching for a man whose motorcycle landed in a ditch on Route 173. The driver had called 911 at…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court July 7-24.
Gerald R. Allen, 33, of Plymouth, violating condition of release in Troy May 10, $200 fine; operating while…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity July 20-28. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
July 20
Shirley L. Hustus, 41, of…
BOSTON, Mass. — Members of the Boston Police Fugitive Unit arrested Tyler Malmstrom late Friday afternoon in South Boston, according to the Sanford (Maine) Police Department.
Malmstrom, who…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity July 13 – July 25. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
July 4 (late entries)
Timothy…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity July 11-22. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
July 11
Lynda J. Turner, 42, of Jackson…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court July 7-21.
Bronson Simmons, 26, of Rockport, probation violation in Warren June 9, nine months in jail; stealing…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Rockland District Court July 7-21.
Michael A. Adams, 31, of Union, disorderly conduct in Union April 6, 14 days in jail; domestic violence…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded at the Knox County Registry of Deeds July 7-21.
Appleton
Alan E. Millay to Adam A. Crabtree.
John C.…
BELFAST — The man accused of shooting two people last August, one fatally, appeared in Waldo County Superior Court July 21 to change his plea from not guilty by reason of insanity to guilty.
…AUGUSTA – The Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary unanimously confirmed July 24 the two nominees of Governor Paul R. LePage to the Maine courts. Governor LePage nominated in May the…
CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity, July 7-22. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.…
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WARREN — Police converged on a short portion of Main Street in Warren Monday morning, after a possible and suspected incendiary device was discovered in a mailbox across the street from the Warren…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Cleanup is wrapping up and repairs should be getting under way soon at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset, scene of a June 5 fire that damaged a wood shop.
The shutdown in production has…
According to Steve McCausland of the Department of Public Safety, a Newcastle man has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography by the State…
Landmark business standing but badly damage after blaze
BELFAST - A fire on Tuesday night caused significant damage to the interior of Goose River Grocery on Swan Lake Avenue. As of Wednesday morning, the exterior and roof of the East Side fixture…
CAMDEN — Camden firefighters responded to two incidents over the past several days: One smoky room, and a garage mishap.
Saturday evening, at 7:45 p.m., Knox County Regional Communications…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Superior Court May 28 – July 7.
Jason A. Baldwin, 39, of South China, domestic violence assault in Palermo Jan. 15, 2013, dismissed…
BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity June 30-July 10. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
June 24 (late entry)
Terry L.…
BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Belfast District Court May 28-July 7.
Kyle J. Anderson, 20, of Unity, driving to endanger in Thorndike April 13, license suspended for 30 days…
ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court between May 26 and July 7.
Melanie Allen, 39, of Warren, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer in Rockland June 1…
BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity July 2-8. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.
July 2
Silverio P. Barrera, 74, of East…
Other driver first to see flames
BELFAST - A little smoke under the hood turned into a blaze that ultimately engulfed the car of a Morrill woman Saturday night. No one was injured in the fire, which temporarily closed an onramp…
BELFAST — Tyler Malmstrom, of Lincolnville Center, allegedly left the Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center in Belfast Thursday night without permission, and is now being sought by police in Waldo…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity June 17 - July 6. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the…
ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded at the Knox County Registry of Deeds June 23 - July 6.
Camden
Barbara M. EST to John F. Doyle.
Cynthia W.…
