Police, Fire and Courts

ROCKLAND — A Lincolnville man who was arrested by Camden police for taking money from Megunticook Market in Camden has been sentenced in Knox…

ROCKLANDThe following deed transfers were recorded from Aug. 28-Sept. 1 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds.

Belfast Police have identified those involved in a two-vehicle accident Sept. 30. The crash, which occurred on Route 3, left three injured and one woman dead.

SWANVILLE — A Prospect woman was arrested following a violent altercation with an ex-boyfriend on Swan Lake Avenue Sept. 26, according to Sergeant Nick Oettinger, of the Waldo County Sheriff’s…

CAMDEN — The Camden Fire Department has a new employed firefighter: Clint Beveridge joined the department Sept. 18, filling an additional full-…

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On Sept. 29, the Rockland Police Department issued the following to the public concerning the ongoing troubling incidents of…

WASHINGTON -- The Coast Guard will release the S.S. El Faro Marine Board of…


ROCKLAND – The chemical explosion caused by acetone vapors Thursday, Sept. 28 in Rockland  was accidental, according to Sgt. Joel Davis of the Maine Fire Marshal’s Office.

The first…

ROCKLAND — Rockland police reported the following activity Sept. 21-28. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

BELMONT — On September 27, at 3 p.m., the Waldo County Dispatch Center received a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle and a car in Belmont. Deputy Kevin Littlefield responded…

WALDOBORO —  Waldoboro police responded to 128 calls for service from Sept. 19-24. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

BELFAST — The following Unified Criminal Court cases were closed in Waldo County from Sept. 12-21.

Christy Neummann, 43, of Belfast, operating under the influences in Belfast…

BELFAST — The following deed transfer were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Sept. 11-22.

Belfast

George A. and Constance S.…

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Sept. 16-25. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Sept. 16

Reserves right to remove sheriffs from office if they don’t comply with his order

AUGUSTA — Governor Paul R. LePage sent a letter Sept. 26 to all 16 Maine's county sheriffs directing them to cooperate with federal officials per his executive order 001-2011, signed January 6,…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Sept. 11-15.

ISLESBORO — Islesboro police reported the following activity from Sept. 4-10.  An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with…

WALDO — A Frankfort woman is facing charges following a two-vehicle accident in Waldo Sept. 25, according to a media report from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office.

Brandi…

On September 23, at approximately 12:45 a.m., the Waldo County Sheriff's Office responded to a car crash on Route 1, near the end of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge in Prospect, where a 2006 Mercedes…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a mandatory nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on…

BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Waldo County Superior Court.

Melissa D. Sylvester, of Freedom, and David A. Sylvester, of Freedom, were married Oct. 2, 2010, in…

CAMDEN — Two New York City residents who were charged by Camden Police Detective Curt Andrick with felony theft and burglary following a series…

Two Waldo County juveniles have been charged following back-to-back lock downs at Mount View High School Sept. 14 & 15, according to a press release from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office..…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Sept. 9-21. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Sept. 3 (late entries)

Jeffrey…

Judge sets bail at $5,000 cash

ROCKLAND — A Friendship man remains in jail after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and her children and burn down their house.

CAMDEN — Camden police reported the following activity from Aug. 2-29. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a crime…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior and Rockland District Court from Sept. 4-22.

SOUTH THOMASTON – The operator of a car in South Thomaston needed only to look at his burned pant leg to see how narrowly he’d escaped serious injury just after 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 21.

ROCKPORT — Rockport police reported the following activity Sept. 7-17. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a crime…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 138 calls for service from Sept. 12-19. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or…

BELFAST — A Township man was indicted on multiple counts by a Waldo County Grand Jury Sept. 13, stemming from a high speed chase with Belfast Police.

Tommy Hufford, 41, was…

BELFAST — A Belfast woman was sentenced to spend 45 days in jail in Waldo County Unified Court Sept. 12, as a result of an ill-fated trip to Belfast’s Dairy Queen drive-thru.

BELFAST — The Waldo County Grand Jury handed down the following indictments Sept. 13. An indictment does not imply guilt.

Luke A. Ambrose, 36, of Hampden, was…

Incidents occurred in Owls Head, Thomaston

OWLS HEAD and THOMASTON — Knox County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Tim Carroll said on Wednesday, September 20 that that an investigation into an incident involving a young girl who was…

AUGUSTA — State Police have issued a correction to the information they released last week on the Augusta motorcycle crash on September 10 that killed two men and injured several others.

ROCKLAND — Rockland police are seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a man in a photograph from an incident at the Hannaford…

BELFAST — The following activity was reported by the Belfast Police Department Sept. 7-19. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Aug. 31 (late entry)

ROCKLAND — A Rockland man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting a mobile home on fire while three people, including a six-year-old…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office and Belfast Police Department are warning the public about a phone scam that is targeting residents in greater Belfast.

According to police,…

BROOKS — An early morning accident on Purple Heart Highway left a driver with minor injuries on Saturday, Sept. 17.

Caleb Woodward, 24, of Bangor, was avoiding an animal that entered the…

ROCKLAND — Rockland police reported the following activity Sept. 11-18. An arrest or summons does not apply guilt. A person charged with a…

KSCO increases presence, cautions parents to be vigilant

OWLS HEAD — On Monday, September 18 at approximately 3:00 p.m. a small white van approached a young girl on Ash Point Drive in Owls Head near Woodman Trailer Park. Upon catching up with her, one…

BELFAST — A Searsport man was arrested after operating under the influence and crashing his vehicle Sept. 17, for the second time in less than four weeks. 

Jason Kilby, 36, was charged with…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro police responded to 90 calls for service from Sept. 5-12. Listed below are a few of the highlights. An arrest or summons…

ROCKPORT – A two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon, Sept. 16, around 1:16 p.m., stopped traffic in both directions on Rockland Street (Route 17…

BELFAST — The following Unified Criminal Court cases were closed in Waldo County from Sept. 1-14.

Alexander A. Cruz, 21, of Bloomfield, Conn., aggravated trafficking…

THORNDIKE — Another suspicious note found at Mount View High School Sept. 15 sent the school into lockdown for the second time in as many days. 

Law enforcement…

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

Sept. 5

BELFAST — The Belfast Police Department reported the following activity Sept. 8-15. An arrest or summons does not imply guilt.

Sept. 8

First responders are at the scene of a truck accident on Route 27 in Edgecomb near Edgecomb Potters as of around 2:30 p.m.