Police, Fire and Courts

ROCKLAND — A passerby was first in reporting a single-vehicle crash at 126 Pleasant Street, in Rockland, on May 3, 2024, but the homeowner was close behind.

According to responding police…

ROCKLAND – Knox Regional Communications Center returned to a fully independent emergency telecommunications operation on May 1, 2024, at approximately 9:30 a.m.

For eight and a half months…

LIBERTY — A three vehicle crash in Liberty today resulted in two people being transported to the hospital, one via LifeFlight of Maine, the other via ambulance, according to a press release from…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity April 13-25.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity April 18-25.

An arrest or summons does not…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 19-25. 

Sean C. Baker, 50, of Unity,…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds April 15-19. 

Belfast

KNOX COUNTY — Temperatures in Knox County climbed above 60 degrees, Monday, April 29. With that rise in temps, 911 calls of varying degrees kept responders busy throughout traditional work-day…

BELMONT — On April 29, 2024 the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 425 Augusta Road, in the town of Belmont. The search warrant was the result of an ongoing investigation…

lied about income lied about income to appear eligible for SSI, MaineCare, SNAP benefits

BANGOR — A Troy woman has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to Social Security fraud, health care fraud, and theft of public money.

According to court records, from about…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 12-18. 

Francis E. Richardson III, 29, of…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds April 22-26.  

Camden

Phyllis May Palmer Young Est. to Asia Durr and John…

WALDOBORO — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency announces the arrest of two people during the execution of a search warrant at a residence on Finntown Road in Waldoboro following a months-long…

A man being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail has hung himself, in the third suicide since Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties opened the facility on Wiscasset’s Route One in 2006, authorities told…

Update: April 25, 2024: A fire at a house on Levenseller Pond has been ruled accidental, according to the Searsmont Fire Chief. 

No one was in the residence at the time of the fire…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds March 25 - April 5. 

Belfast

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity April 11-20.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity April 10 - 20.

An arrest or summons does…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 5-11. 

Larry G. Alexander, 66, of Shushan…

Update: April 23: WARREN — The three women who were arrested by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) following a month-long investigation into illegal drug trafficking at a residence in Warren…

Update: April 23, 2024 — In a telephone conversation following a barn fire on Appleton Ridge Road, the Appleton Fire Chief and an investigator from the Maine Fire Marshal’s Office agreed…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 5-11. 

Larry G. Alexander, 66, of Shushan…

A Portland man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for conspiring to distribute cocaine.

U.S. District Judge Jon D.…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity March 24 - April 14.

An arrest or summons does not constitute…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity March 20 - April 14.

An arrest or summons…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds April 15-19.  

Appleton

Willis Leroy Stone Est. to Amory Lee.

New Hope Midcoast, the region’s domestic violence resource center, recently announced new…

During the month of April, Knox County is celebrating National County Government Month to highlight how the county achieves healthy, safe and vibrant communities.

Utilizing a message of “…

On the 20th of April (also known as 4/20 – a date associated with cannabis use) many cannabis users will observe a day of increased consumption. This year, April 20th is on a Saturday, which means…

UNION — A car that went off the road in Union midday Wednesday resulted in a portion of a major road being closed to traffic for about an hour, and additional support being brought in from other…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 226 calls for service for the period of April 9 to April 16. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 3,402 calls for service.

Summonses

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds April 8-12.  

Camden

Jane C. McKean to Jane C. McKean Tr. and Jane C.…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds April 1-5.  

Camden

Edward F. Libby to Douglas J. Beach and Karen M. Beach…

LINCOLNVILLE — A few more minutes and the outcome for a house in Lincolnville would have been completely different, April 6, 2024. 

At approximately 4:30 p.m., a homeowner happened to be…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds March 1-5.

Belfast

BELFAST — A Waldo County grand jury handed up the following indictments March 28.

Neil J. Warren, 36, of Swanville,…

BELFAST — The following divorces were recorded in Belfast District Court March 4.

Joshua M. Fitterling, of Belfast, and…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court March 29 - April 4. 

Brian D. Martin, 60, of Palermo, illegal possession of a firearm in Palermo Jan. 28, dismissed…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity March 23 - April 4.

An arrest or summons…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity March 25 - April 4.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds March 18 - 22.

Update, April 3, 2024:

ST GEORGE — The Fire Marshal’s Office has identified the victim of a fatal house fire in St. George, March 27, 2024, as Andrew Bowser, 62. Bowser, who lived alone,…

With storm conditions deepening, an Emergency Warming Center at the Flanagan Center, 61 Limerock Street, will be open overnight April 3, 8:30 p.m., to April 4, at 11 a.m. Access through double…

There will be a winter parking ban for all streets and parking lots in Camden, except for the Public Safety lot on Washington Street, from Wednesday, April 3, 8 p.m., to 11 a.m., Friday, April 5…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from March 11-26.

Krista R. Lopez Brochu, 38, of Thomaston, attaching false plates in Friendship Dec. 20, 2023, $150…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 224 calls for service for the period of March 26 to April 2. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,960 calls for service.

Summonses

BELFAST — Belfast City Council will meet Tuesday, April 2, for its regularly scheduled meeting. Agenda items on Belfast City Manager …

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds March 25-29.  

Appleton

Stuart W. Young to Heather L. Wilmot.

Lloyd…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court March 22-28. 

Adrienne Burleson, 74, of…