Waterville police investigating missing teen
WATERVILLE — Police are investigating two incidents from Saturday involving juveniles. According to Sgt. Alden Weigelt of the Waterville Police Department, a girl was reported missing by her father...
View ArticleWaterville police investigate hit and run involving pedestrian
WATERVILLE — Police are investigating an apparent hit and run in which a car grazed a pedestrian on Front Street over the weekend. According to Police Sgt. Alden Weigelt, after police reviewed tape...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Jan. 1 police log
IN ANSON, Saturday at 4:38 p.m., trespassing was reported on Front Street. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Saturday at 1:19 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on Grand Summit Lane. 4:59 a.m., disturbance was...
View ArticleKennebec County Courts Dec. 22-28
AUGUSTA — Here is a list of cases closed Dec. 22-28, 2016, in courts in Augusta and Waterville. Benjamin Alan Berlew, 22, of Pittston, use of drug paraphernalia July 4, 2016, in Gardiner; dismissed....
View ArticleKennebec Journal Jan. 1 police log
AUGUSTA Saturday at 7:19 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Lincoln Street. 7:36 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Mayfair Street. 8:58 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Blair...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Jan. 2 police log
IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Sunday at 1:11 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on Trout Brook Lane. 1:40 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Access Road. 8:34 a.m., theft or fraud was reported on Main...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Jan. 2 police log
AUGUSTA Sunday at 7:26 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Parkview Terrace. 8:17 a.m., a disabled vehicle was reported on North Belfast Avenue and Hayden Road. 8:27 a.m., a disturbance was reported on...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Jan. 3 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 10:20 a.m., criminal trespass was reported on Orchard Street. 12:00 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Water Street. 1:26 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on...
View ArticleBowdoinham man going to prison for sexual contact with young boy
AUGUSTA — A Bowdoinham man pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful sexual contact with a 6-year-old boy that occurred last summer in a Wayne campground. Scott A. Lathan, 23, was sentenced to five years in...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Jan. 3 police log
IN BURNHAM, Monday at 12:10 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Winnecook Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Monday at 2:05 p.m., theft of a motor vehicle was reported on Access Road. IN CHESTERVILLE,...
View ArticleFormer Augusta woman admits to theft of welfare benefits
AUGUSTA — A former city woman pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center to theft by deception for illegally obtaining $9,089 worth of state welfare benefits over a 13-month period. Shannon...
View ArticleCanaan woman charged after police report finding drugs in crawl space in...
AUGUSTA — A Canaan woman was arrested New Year’s Eve on two charges of unlawful possession of drugs after she reportedly claimed ownership of drugs that police say were located in the crawl space of a...
View ArticleWinslow man faces drug charges after traffic stop
A Winslow man was arrested on drug charges last week by Maine State Police following a traffic stop. Zachary Ricker, 23, was issued criminal summonses on Dec. 26 for unlawful trafficking in scheduled...
View ArticleAugusta man loses appeal of drug trafficking convictions
A city man convicted of two counts of drug-trafficking has lost his bid to get the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to overturn the jury’s verdict. Eric C. Anderson, 46, maintained he was asleep on Feb....
View ArticleFormer Somerset County DA clerk begins prison term for embezzlement
SKOWHEGAN — A former clerk at the Somerset County District Attorney’s Office began serving her prison sentence this week following convictions in May on charges that she embezzled more than $90,000 in...
View ArticleFairfield mother pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of infant
FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of her infant son just over a year ago. Following her plea, Kayla Stewart, 21, was sentenced...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Jan. 4 police log
IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Tuesday at 10:10 a.m., theft or fraud was reported on Access Road. IN FAIRFIELD, Tuesday at 9:07 a.m., threatening was reported on Center Road. 11:36 a.m., a disturbance was...
View ArticleFederal court denies appeal of man in 2011 armed robbery for drugs in Bingham
A federal appeal has been denied for a Sangerville man who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2015 after pleading guilty to an armed robbery for drugs in 2011 in Bingham. James Stile, then 58, used...
View ArticleKennebec Journal police log for Jan. 4
AUGUSTA Tuesday at 8:20 a.m., a caller from Anthony Avenue reported criminal trespassing. 9:07 a.m., a Cony Street caller reported a theft or shoplifting incident. 1:42 p.m., a Western Avenue caller...
View ArticleAugusta man who dropped baseball-sized bag of cocaine pleads guilty to...
AUGUSTA — A city man who dropped a 46-gram, baseball-sized bag of cocaine as he fled from an Augusta police officer after a traffic stop June 11, pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center...
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