Kennebec Journal Jan. 8 police log
AUGUSTA Saturday at 9:53 a.m., harassment was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue. 12:23 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue. 1:38 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Jan. 8 police log
IN ALBION, Saturday at 2:29 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Quaker Hill Road. IN BINGHAM, Saturday at 10:33 a.m., a chimney fire was reported on Owens Street. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Saturday at...
View ArticleKennebec County Courts Dec. 29-Jan. 4
AUGUSTA — Here is a list of cases closed Dec. 29, 2016-Jan. 4, 2017, in courts in Augusta and Waterville. Emily H. Andrews, 32, of Sidney, forgery and two counts of theft by unauthorized taking or...
View ArticlePortland police seek public’s help in solving 2010 cold case homicide
Sunday marked the seventh anniversary of the fatal shooting of a Portland woman by a home intruder, and Portland police say they need help from the public to solve the cold case. Darien Richardson, 25,...
View ArticleCornish man, upset about dead phone battery, charged with threatening...
A 21-year-old Cornish man was arrested Sunday for domestic violence terrorizing for allegedly threatening his grandparents with a knife when he was upset his cell phone battery had run out of power. A...
View ArticlePolice investigate pharmacy robbery at Skowhegan Rite Aid
A Skowhegan pharmacy was robbed of prescription drugs Monday morning, marking the first such incident of the new year and the second time in as many years the store had been held up. The robbery...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Jan. 9 police log
IN ANSON, Monday at 7:22 a.m., theft was reported on River Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Sunday at 1:41 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Commons Circle. IN CHINA, Sunday at 1:41 a.m., fire was...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Jan. 9 police log
AUGUSTA Sunday at 2:30 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive. 3:19 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Western Avenue. 4:07 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Westwood Road. 7:13 p.m.,...
View ArticleMadison man charged in November 2015 fatal crash is arrested again, then...
A Madison man who was indicted on a manslaughter charge in December in connection with a fatal crash in Starks a year earlier and his mother are free this week after their arrests last week in a...
View ArticleDylan Volk, son of Scarborough lawmaker, charged with OUI, meth possession
Dylan Volk, the son of state senator Amy Volk, was arrested early Sunday morning in Scarborough on charges of felony possession of methamphetamine and driving under the influence. Dylan Volk, 25, was...
View ArticleJury selection set for Biddeford man charged with 29 counts of sex assault
Jury selection is expected to begin in March in the trial of a Biddeford man who is accused of 29 counts of gross sexual assault and one count of incest. Ralph Miller, 45, is accused of committing the...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Jan. 10 police log
IN BENTON, Monday at 12:55 p.m., a chimney fire was reported on Falls Road. 4:22 p.m., harassment was reported on East Benton Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Monday at 6:44 a.m., a road hazard was...
View ArticleSouth Portland police release body camera policy
The South Portland Police Department has released a draft of its body camera policy, less than a week after the Portland Press Herald questioned the department on why details of the policy were not...
View ArticlePolice: Litchfield man reached speed of 114 mph in West Gardiner
A Litchfield man was arrested Friday on various charges after allegedly driving a car 114 mph on Interstate 295 in West Gardiner while intoxicated and getting stopped by a Maine State Police trooper....
View ArticleSkowhegan police release name of suspect in Rite Aid robbery
SKOWHEGAN — A local man is wanted by authorities in connection with a robbery at the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Madison Avenue that was reported Monday morning, police said. Damien Towers, 26, of Skowhegan,...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Jan. 10 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 7:25 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Parkwood Drive. 8:20 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Water Street. 11:28 a.m., a well-being check was performed on East...
View ArticleBath man charged with having stolen handgun
An 18-year-old Bath man has been arrested for the second time in three weeks, this time on a charge of possessing a stolen firearm, according to Lt. Robert Savary of the Bath Police Department. Savary...
View ArticlePortland man dies after fall from apartment window
Portland police are trying to determine why a man fell to his death from his apartment window Wednesday morning. The 36-year-old man fell from the window at the Burnham Arms apartments on Congress...
View ArticleFranklin County court for Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2016
FARMINGTON — Closed cases for Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2016, in Farmington District Court and Franklin County Superior Court. James W. Bouffard, 66, of Jay, operating under the influence July 1, 2016, in...
View ArticleFormer Brunswick police officer sentenced for sending obscene material to...
A former Brunswick police officer who pleaded guilty to sending obscene material to a minor girl was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland....
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