Police, Fire and Courts

WALDOBORO – Waldoboro police reported the following activity, June 23-July 7. Waldoboro officers responded to more than 300 calls for service in this time…

Route 90

ROCKPORT — A two-vehicle crash on Route 90 near Midcoast Recreation Center Monday afternoon demolished both a Ford pickup and a small SUV. The driver of the pickup was uninjured; the driver of the…

BELFAST -- The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office (SO) and Emergency…

Second South Thomaston man also charged with trafficking drugs

AUGUSTA — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Thursday, with assistance from multiple Midcoast law enforcement agencies, arrested two South Thomaston men on charges of aggravated trafficking in…

BELFAST — The following activity was reported by the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office June 23 - July 2. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. 

June 10 (late entry)

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity June 20 - July 2. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 11 (late entry)

Kelly Hynd,…

BURNHAM — A Burnham man is facing a variety of charges after a domestic dispute reportedly turned violent. 

Randolph Dodge, 44, first came to the…

ROCKPORT — Firefighters from Rockport, Rockland and Camden were called to 79 Old Rockland St. in Rockport around 10:30 Friday morning for a report of a house fire.

According to Rockport Fire…

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office has charged three local residents with several crimes. This series of charges began with an investigation into a burglary at a…

WARREN — A Knox County Sheriff's deputy resorted to using a Taser on both a Warren husband and his wife Wednesday night, while attempting to arrest the husband on a charge of terrorizing.

Wiscasset Superior Court

A trio of fishermen who are accused of setting fire to a fishing boat in 2012 are heading to court.

James Simmons, 39, of Friendship,…

ROCKLAND — The Knox County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity June 22-30. An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. In total, this one week period, the Knox County…

A seasonal resident in his 50s escaped injury on June 30 when wind knocked over the 12-foot sailboat he was in on New Harbor, Bristol Fire Department Assistant Chief Jared Pendleton said.

A Virginia woman became pinned under an ATV off Route 128 in Dresden on June 28, causing severe pelvic injuries but none that appeared to be life-threatening, a Maine game warden said. Her two…

Two and a half feet of it in the road

ROCKPORT – Route 17 in West Rockport was covered with a layer of potent manure this morning after a mishap caused a truckload of chicken waste to land on the…

July 19, Mount View High School

THORNDIKE — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management Agency will host a full scale exercise at 9 a.m., Saturday,…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded at the Waldo County Registry of Deeds June 9-21.

Belfast

Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Shawn M. Wetherington and…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Rockland District Court May 26 – June 23.

Amy Allender, 21, of Rockland, violating conditions of release in Rockland March 1, 30 days in jail.…

Alna fire

Wiscasset, Alna and Whitefield firefighters went to a home at the corner of Alna’s Head Tide Road and Route 218 on June 28, after a small fire occurred around some trim boards during paint removal…

AUGUSTA — Starting Friday, June 27, Marine Patrol Officers will be patrolling the…

Whitefield truck fire

A Whitefield man’s pickup truck caught fire on Route 194 in that town early June 26. Thomas McGrath said he got out and put the fire mostly out with a fire extinguisher. The fire started after the…

An afternoon scare on Georges Highland Path

ROCKPORT – Rockport firefighters and police responded to a call for help finding the path in the woods off of Route 17 this afternoon, as a young woman and her dog tried to make their way back…

Authorities have released the name of the Whitefield teen who died of injuries he received June 23 when the ATV he was on on Howe Road collided with a car. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Major Ken Mason…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity June 16-24. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 16

Andrea M. Walsh, 22, of…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded at the Knox County Registry of Deeds June 9-23.

Appleton

Donald W. Keene Sr. EST to Anthony T. Prest to Patricia…

AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity June 15-22. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity June 15-24. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 15
Gregory M. Aldus, 48, of…

WALDOBORO – Waldoboro police reported the following activity, June 9-23. Waldoboro officers responded to more than 300 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the…

A Whitefield teen on an ATV that collided with a car on Howe Road in that town on June 23 later died from his injuries, a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office press release states.

The unnamed 16…

Destination: 18 miles offshore

KNOX COUNTY — Thursday, June 26, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., state, local and county agencies will be cooperating in an exercise designed to…

Fire Marshal called in; electrical investigator to help

ROCKLAND — The streets of downtown Rockland were filled with smell of burning plastic Sunday morning as a fire was burning in the basement and parts of the first floor of the Redlon & Johnson…

THOMASTON — A carpenter working at the Greenfield Apartments complex on Brooklyn Heights Road in Thomaston late Friday morning called 911 when he looked out a window and saw smoke coming from the…

Lobster boat, boat house burned in 2012

WALDOBORO — Maine’s Fire Marshal's Office arrested three men June 20 in connection with a fire two years ago that destroyed a boat house and a lobster boat…

AUGUSTA - Three Maine Department of Corrections Corporal K9 Handlers and their K9 team members graduated, on June 13, the 14-week Patrol Canine (K-9) Team Certification/Recertification course at…

Eluded Knox County deputies in Warren Tuesday night

WARREN — A Holden man wanted on 12 active warrants who gave Knox County Sheriff’s deputies the slip Tuesday night is in custody.

Chief Deputy Tim Carroll said Friday that 29-year-old Joseph…

CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity, June 3-13. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until…

AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Troop D reported the following activity May 27 - June 15. Troop D is responsible for Maine's Midcoast, including Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, and Knox counties, the…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity June 10-16. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 10

Katherine Edgerton, 55, of…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Office reported the following activity June 5-16. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

June 3 (late entry)

Chad Walters, 20…

Dugout destroyed, games likely to be relocated

THOMASTON — June 15 was a day of celebration for many people, as fathers were celebrated on Father’s Day. The Camden National Bank Little League softball team celebrated winning the 2014 Five…

Five fire departments respond

CAMDEN — Frank Carr was in the bank Saturday morning, depositing a check, when his friend Bob Oxton called him. ‘Do you know it’s your home on fire?’ alerted Oxton. Carr had been in Rockport…

All safe, homeowner safe, no injuries

Area firefighters are currently fighting fire at 32 Sherman Point Road.  All safe, homeowner was not at home when fire started.  No injuries.  …

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court May 13 – June 8.

Amy Allender, 21, of Rockland, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer in Rockland Aug. 6, 2011,…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity June 1-5. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

May 29

Harold B. Braley, 43, of Morrill,…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff's Department reported the following activity May 29 – June 4. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

May 25 (late entry)

Wayne D…

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The pilot in a May 30 helicopter crash in Whitefield cited a fuel issue to both police and his employer, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Rockland District Court May 13-27.

Douglas C. Anderson, 18, of Port Clyde, minor consuming liquor in South Thomaston March 16, $400 fine.

ROCKLAND — The following divorces were recently granted in Knox County Superior Court. 

David L. Trask, of Warren, and Audrey Trask, of Bucksport, were married Feb. 1, 2013, in Bucksport and…

BELFAST — The First Annual Ukulele Picnic attracted crowds to Steamboat Landing…

WASHINGTON — On Saturday, June 7, at approximately 6:20 p.m., Sgt. John L. Palmer, of the Knox County Sheriff's Office, was notified by Knox County Regional…