Police, Fire and Courts

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Sept. 3-14.

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Sept. 11 - 19.

Kyle K. White, 26, of Searsmont…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Sept. 11-21.

Belfast

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Sept. 10-20. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Sept. 10…

Law enforcement ‘Keepers of the Flame’ for Special Olympics

THOMASTON – The Special Olympians in the Camden/Thomaston area love to attend winter and summer Olympic Games, held annually in Maine. They run. They jump. They swim, and they throw.

As…

ROCKLAND – An apartment house in Rockland was saved from significant damage, just before 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 23, despite a second-floor rear deck catching fire.

According to the Rockland…

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K18-10360 Detail                  Deputy: John Palmer

BELFAST — An elderly Waldo County woman lost more than $15,000 after falling victim to a Facebook scammer, according to Waldo County Sheriff Jeff Trafton.

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Sept. 16-20. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Sept. 18…

WARREN – Two people complained of pain, and were transported to area hospitals, Friday, Sept. 21, after a driver reaching for a cell phone drove into two other vehicles.

Just after noon,…

ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity Aug. 30-Sept. 16. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven…

BROOKS – After many years of Waldo County General Hospital management, the Arthur Jewel Community Health Ambulance became an independent EMS service on August 1, 2018, according to a news release…

UNITY — A Unity man died of his injuries overnight after he and his granddaughter were struck by an SUV while attempting to cross the road on a riding lawnmower. 

The crash, which occurred…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 128 calls for service from Sept. 11-18 Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

According to District Attorney Jon Liberman, District VI, which includes Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties, is being considered for an adult drug and treatment court in one to two years…

If you believe that you or someone you know could be in crisis, do not hesitate to call the statewide crisis line, 888-568-1112

ROCKLAND – The Knox County Sheriff’s Department has investigated four suicides this year. Three of those four deaths occurred in the past four days, according to Chief Deputy Tim Carroll.

Station open house, Look. Learn. Listen campaign during October Fire Prevention Week

ROCKLAND – Today’s home fires burn faster than ever. In a typical home fire, you may have as little as one to two minutes to escape safely from the time the smoke alarm sounds. Knowing how to use…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Sept. 9-17. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Sept. 9

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Aug. 28 - Sept. 9.

Katherine A. Harriman, 31,…

BELFAST —The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Sept. 7-13. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Sept. 3…

ROCKLAND — The following divorces were finalized in Rockland District Court in July-Aug.

Nash taken into custody Sept. 18 near Charleston

UPDATE — At approximately 7 a.m. on Tuesday, September 18, escaped prisoner Arnold Nash was taken into custody by the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office, according to a media release from the…

BELFAST — The following divorces were recently granted in Belfast District Court.

David E. Cushman, of Belmont, and…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Sept. 1-9. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. 

Aug. 7 (late entry)

Michael Babineau, 3, of Searsport…

Phone service restored to normal Thursday

UPDATE: Camden-Rockport Police Chief Randy Gagne confirmed on Thursday, September 13 that phone service to the business lines at the Rockport Police and Fire Departments had been restored to…

Rockland pays respect, honors those who rushed in to save others

ROCKLAND – On Sept. 11, 2001, now City Manager Tom Luttrell was working as a business manager, a position he’d only been holding for two months. He was still getting to know the personalities…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 98 calls for service from Sept. 5-11. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

Reforms follow investigation after two Maine children beaten to death

AUGUSTA — Governor Paul LePage signed…

Owner treated by ambulance crew

CAMDEN — An investigator from the Maine Fire Marshal’s office will be back at the scene of a Sept. 10 Camden house fire on Wednesday, Sept. 12, to continue probing into how a fire got started…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Aug. 24-31.

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Aug. 25 - Sept. 5. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug…

BELFAST — A Belmont man was left shaken following a single vehicle accident on Route 3, just before the Jesse Robbins Road around 3:45 today, Sept. 7.

Maine Drug Enforcement agents charged two Bucksport residents with operating a methamphetamine lab in an apartment on Noel Way in Bucksport, according to a news release from the Maine Dept. of…

Phones, camera, wallets, jewelry, sandals......

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Police Department have several lost items in their possession that are still unclaimed and they are hoping to locate…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 322 calls for service from Aug. 21-Sept. 5. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

A couple from Vermont flying in a small float plane crashed into the side of the Bigelow Mountain Range this morning, just north of Carrabassett Valley.  Both escaped injury, hiked up the mountain…

‘Just being able to fly the drone saved us’

ROCKLAND – When a pedestrian on the Breakwater became injured and unable to walk, Rockland Fire/EMS was met with a saving grace at the park entrance. Matthew Murphy, of Eagle Eye Drone, happened…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Aug. 24-30. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity from Aug. 1-30. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Aug. 13-24.

Belfast

ROCKLAND (9/4/18) – A fire that burned part of a duplex on Suffolk Street in Rockland, Friday, Aug. 31, has been determined accidental, according to Sgt. Joel Davis of the State Fire…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Aug. 21 - Sept. 3. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug. 10…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Aug. 17 - Sept. 2. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug…

CHINA — Maine State Police charged three people from Massachusetts in connection with a number of car burglaries off the Neck Road in China over the weekend, according to a news release from the…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Aug. 20-24.

Alan E. Bernardo, 31, of Hope, operating while license suspended or revoked, prior, $750 fine.

Bills address issues within the Department of Health and Human Services following deaths of 2 Maine children

BELFAST — Out of the five bills proposed by Governor Paul LePage as a result of the deaths of two Maine children in Dec. 2017, and Feb. 2018, all but two were “…

ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity Aug. 18-29. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt. A person charged with a…

Changes with dropping off and picking up students at school

CAMDEN — Camden Police announced in a news release that with the beginning of school Sept. 4 and with the ongoing…

Kendall Chick's accused murderer Shawna Gatto has waived her right to a jury trial, leaving it to a judge to decide the case in a trial likely to take place in January. Gatto appeared in a…

HOPE –  A medical episode may have contributed to the death of an elderly woman swimming in Alford Lake on August 29, according to a news release from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.