Kennebec Journal Oct. 7 police log
AUGUSTA Thursday at 7:27 a.m., a caller from Pierce Drive reported criminal threatening. 7:36 a.m., a 62-year-old Augusta man was issued a summons charging him with operating while license suspended or...
View ArticleHallowell man held in lieu of $5,000 bail on methamphetamine-making charges
AUGUSTA — A Hallowell man accused of making methamphetamine in the basement of his 11 Spring St. home told police he learned the one-pot method of manufacture while he was living in Florida....
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IN BENTON, Thursday at 2:57 p.m., a suspicious person or activity was reported on East Benton Road. IN CANAAN, Thursday at 11:24 a.m., a fire was reported on Halls Bridge Road. 11:42 a.m., a violation...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Oct. 8 police log
AUGUSTA Friday at 6:31 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue. 7:59 a.m., traffic complaints were reported on Hospital Street. 8:13 a.m., a 42-year-old Augusta man was issued a...
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IN CANAAN, Friday at 8:28 a.m., a scam complaint was taken from Strickland Road. IN CLINTON, Friday at 8:22 a.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Johnson Flat Road. 11:10 a.m., a report of an...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Oct. 9 police log
AUGUSTA Saturday at 5:40 a.m,. suspicious activity was reported on Cony Street. 6:21 a.m., a sex offense violation was reported on Western Avenue. 7:01 a.m., a 30-year-old Augusta man was issued a...
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IN ATHENS, Saturday at 2:04 p.m., a theft was reported on Main Street. IN EMBDEN, Saturday at 7:53 p.m., a threatening complaint was taken from Embden Pond Road. IN FAIRFIELD, Saturday at 7:12 p.m.,...
View ArticleAugusta gets grant to fund anti-drug cop in elementary schools
AUGUSTA — A $125,000 federal grant awarded to the Augusta Police Department will be used to help create a new police officer position dedicated to drug abuse education and prevention in the city’s...
View ArticleSpeed, alcohol cited by police in fatal Cornville crash
Speed and alcohol are believed to have been factors in a single-vehicle crash at a three-way intersection in Cornville Sunday night that killed a Madison man, police said. Stanley Johnson, 54, was...
View ArticleSkowhegan man charged with criminal threatening involving knife
SKOWHEGAN — A local man was arrested Sunday afternoon after allegedly threatening another man on Madison Avenue with a knife. Police arrested Charles Fairley, 32, of North Avenue in Skowhegan, on a...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Oct. 10 police log
IN ATHENS, Sunday at 6:54 p.m., a suspicious person or activity was reported on Harmony Road. IN BINGHAM, Monday at 12:38 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Old Canada Road. IN CANAAN, Sunday...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Oct. 10 police log
AUGUSTA Sunday at 5 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cony Street. 6:13 a.m., a past burglary was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue. 7:24 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Spruce Street....
View ArticleAs overdoses continue across region and state, Winthrop-area forum to focus...
The last month has provided fresh evidence of the opiate addiction crisis wracking the region, state and country — evidence that John Dovinsky, director of the Winthrop Ambulance Service, intends to...
View ArticleAugusta mother charged following Amber Alert about 3-year-old girl
Augusta police have issued a summons to Karen Lea, the mother of the child who was identified as missing in an Amber Alert on Oct. 4, on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child. Lea, 40, of...
View ArticleAugusta mother charged following Amber Alert about 3-year-old girl
Augusta police have issued a summons to Karen Lea, the mother of the child who was identified as missing in an Amber Alert on Oct. 4, on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child. Lea, 40, of...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Oct. 11 police log
IN CANAAN, Monday at 10:13 a.m., threatening was reported on Main Street. 11:08 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Hinckley Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Monday at 12:16 p.m., a smoke investigation...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Oct. 11 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 7:47 a.m., property was recovered on Bangor Street. 8:20 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Civic Center Drive. 9:05 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Stone Ridge...
View ArticleState police investigating incident on Lyons Road in Sidney
Maine State Police are investigating an incident on Lyons Road after a woman reported a man approached her parked car claiming that someone was going to kill him. The incident report initially came in...
View ArticleWinthrop, Oakland men sentenced on drug charges Tuesday
AUGUSTA — Two local men were sentenced on drug charges during separate hearings Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center. Daniel D. Ackerley, 30, of Winthrop, pleaded guilty to unlawful trafficking in...
View ArticleMaine drug agents raid meth labs in Troy, Fort Fairfield
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said Tuesday it had discovered two more methamphetamine laboratories in the state, including one in Troy. The Troy lab, located at 408 Ward Hill, and another lab in...
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