Kennebec Journal June 28 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 9:04 a.m., a past burglary was reported on Sanford Road. 9:46 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Quimby Street. 1:44 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive....
View ArticleKennebec County sheriff issues warning after Benton resident scammed for $1,000
A Benton resident was scammed by someone who called and demanded that the call recipient pay $1,000 in iTunes gift cards to avoid being arrested for nonpayment of taxes, Kennebec County Sheriff Ryan...
View ArticleAugusta police closer to IDs on two suspects in Sunday shooting
AUGUSTA — City police are starting to get a clearer picture of the people directly involved with a shooting Sunday in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart store in Augusta. And while drugs found with two of...
View ArticleMarshall Swan to move from prison to home confinement in Chelsea
Chelsea contractor Marshall Swan, serving a 33-month federal sentence for falsifying five years’ worth of tax returns, will be heading home soon. Kennebec County Sheriff Ryan Reardon said Tuesday that...
View ArticleDrug trafficking in Augusta brings 23-month prison term
AUGUSTA — A Manhattan man was ordered to serve 23 months in prison Tuesday for unlawful trafficking in cocaine base. Tymell R. Waters, 31, pleaded guilty to the charge at the Capital Judicial Center. A...
View ArticleSkowhegan man arrested Tuesday in connection with attempted robbery of Stony...
SKOWHEGAN — A Skowhegan man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of attempted robbery and attempted theft after he allegedly tried on Monday to enter Stony Brook Market on U.S. Route 2, also...
View ArticlePolice correct ID of one suspect in Augusta Wal-Mart shooting
AUGUSTA — Authorities have identified one of those arrested Sunday following an altercation in which gunshots were exchanged in the Wal-Mart parking lot as a person with “a lengthy criminal history”...
View ArticleTwo boys accused of stealing eight cars in Farmingdale
Two 15-year-old boys are under arrest after a series of car thefts that Maine State Police say caused $50,000 in damage to some of the cars and to the Litchfield Fairgrounds. Over the course of about a...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel June 29 police log
IN ANSON, Tuesday at 12:09 p.m., a theft was investigated on Pease Hill Road. 7:51 p.m., a harassment complaint was made on Carrigan Drive. 10:23 p.m., a harassment complaint was made on West Mills...
View ArticleNew Hampshire man arrested after leaving Starks pot festival Sunday
A New Hampshire man is free this week on $1,000 bail following his arrest Sunday in New Sharon after police searched his car as he was leaving a marijuana advocacy festival in Starks. State Trooper...
View ArticleKennebec Journal June 29 police log
AUGUSTA Tuesday at 8:19 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hospital Street. 8:24 a.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on York Street. 9:26 a.m., theft was reported on Sherbrook...
View ArticleClinton police chief Johnson retires; sergeant takes over
CLINTON — After 28 years in law enforcement and six years as the chief of police in Clinton, Craig Johnson is retiring and Sgt. Stanley Bell is taking over. “I’m tired. I’m burning out,” Johnson, 47,...
View ArticlePrison inmate Gary Raub, who pleaded guilty to 1976 Augusta slaying, dies at...
A man who pleaded guilty to killing Blanche M. Kimball, of Augusta, in 1976 died Wednesday at PenBay Medical Center in Rockport, according to the Maine Department of Corrections. Gary S. Raub, 67, had...
View ArticleLeroy Smith III, accused of killing his father in Gardiner, claims his dad...
AUGUSTA — More than two years after he was indicted on a charge of murder, Leroy Smith III on Thursday pleaded not guilty to killing his father in Gardiner in May 2014 after a judge found that he was...
View ArticleKennebec Journal June 30 police log
AUGUSTA Wednesday at 8:21 a.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Memorial Circle. 8:28 a.m., harassment was reported on Water Street. 9:07 a.m., needles were recovered on Weeks Mill Road....
View ArticleMorning Sentinel June 30 police log
IN ANSON, Wednesday at 7:29 p.m., mischief was reported on Main Street. A warning was issued. IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 12:38 p.m., a drug offense was investigated at the post office on Railroad Street....
View ArticleFranklin County court for April 25-29, 2016
FARMINGTON — The following cases were closed April 25-29, 2016, in Farmington District Court and Franklin County Superior Court. Leonard Adams, 47, of Dixfield, operating unregistered snowmobile March...
View ArticleLongtime Maine State Police Skowhegan assistant retires after 36 years
SKOWHEGAN — The good news Thursday during a retirement party for Becky Berry at state police Troop C barracks was that 36 years of secrets were going with her, so they could all sleep well that night,...
View ArticleFairfield man arrested for trespassing at Town Office
FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield man was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass after he allegedly refused to leave the Town Office on Thursday afternoon. Mark Joseph Pantermoller, 53, was charged after a...
View ArticleNewport pawn shop burglarized; weapons stolen
Weapons were stolen from a Newport pawn shop during an early morning burglary Friday, and police are looking for help finding the burglars. Newport police Chief Leonard Macdaid would not say how many...
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