Local News 6-7-24
Drug Busts
(Bangor, Rockport) – Drug agents across Maine made a lot of arrests Thursday. In Bangor, three people are charged with drug trafficking and held without bail. Agents seized crack and fentanyl and more than $11-thousand dollars in cash from Charles Street. Two of the three arrested are from Bangor, the third is from New York. IN Rockport, a half dozen people face charges after searches at two homes on Beech Hill Road. Agents also seized fentanyl and crack from the houses along with firearms. Those arrested were from Rockport and Waldoboro, and two were from out of state.
Fatal Crash Sentence
(Ellsworth) – A judge will sentence a former Maine Maritime Academy student today who agreed to plead guilty to manslaughter, OUI and criminal speed after a crash that killed four other students nearly a year and a half ago. 21-year old Joshua Goncalves-Radding faces 1-to-7 years in prison under a plea agreement in which four other charges were dropped. The students were returning from a night of drinking in Bangor and Goncalves-Radding was driving the vehicle more than 100-miles an hour when it crashed. His blood alcohol level was more than twice the illegal limit after the crash.
State Trooper / Crash
(Sidney) – A State trooper suffered injuries after a crash on Interstate 95 in Sidney yesterday. Spokeswoman Shannon Moss reports to Star 97.7 that a 34-year old woman from California fell asleep at the wheel and her foot was on the accelerator when she rear ended the cruiser that Corporal Garret Booth was operating. He suffered and arm injury and was released from the hospital. Keishaunna Tavares is charged for failing to maintain control of her car. She was not injured.
Hammer Attack
(Brewer) – A late night altercation on South Main Street in Brewer badly injured one man and landed another in jail. WVII-TV reports 29-year old Nicholas Ireland of Orrington is charged with robbery, aggravated assault and criminal threatening following the altercation. When Brewer police arrived on scene they found the victim with serious head injuries. Officers say Ireland allegedly struck the victim with a hammer and threatened him with a gun, then left the scene with property that belonged to the victim.
Torch Run
(Ellsworth) – Traffic on Route 1-A between Ellsworth and Brewer may be slow at times this morning as the annual Special Olympics Torch Run takes place. Law Enforcement Officers from throughout Downeast Maine will leave Key Bank in Ellsworth carrying the torch that will make its way eventually to Orono for the annual Special Olympic Summer Games. A bus will shuttle officers on various legs of the run.
Quicksand
PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman learned the hard way that quicksand doesn’t just happen in jungles or rainforests in Hollywood movies. Jamie Acord was walking at the water’s edge at Popham Beach State Park over the weekend when she sunk to her hips in a split second. It turns out that quicksand, known as supersaturated sand, is a real thing around the world, even in Maine. Thankfully, real life is not like the movies. A state parks spokesperson says people caught in supersaturated sand remain buoyant — allowing them to float and wriggle themselves to safety. In this case, the woman’s husband pulled her from the sand.
Sports
- The Celtics take game one of the NBA finals, beating the Dallas Mavericks 107 to 89. Jaylen Brown with 22 for Boston
- The Red Sox beat the White Sox 14-to-2. Tanner Houck got the win; rookie Jake Westbrook hit his first major league home run. The Sox will send Cooper Criswell against the White Sox tonight.
High School Baseball Quarterfinals
Class “B” Ellsworth 6 Hermon 2 (Ellsworth vs. MDI Saturday)
Class “C” Bucksport 9 Mattanawcook 0
Class “C” Foxcroft6 Orono 2
Class “A” Bangor 6 Oxford Hills 2
Class “D” Mt. View 11 Narraguagus 1
Softball Quarter Finals
Class “D” Bucksport 9 Central 0 (no hitter)
Class “C” Mattanawcook11 Sumner 1
Class “D” Penobscot Valley 12 Machias 2
Semi Finals for both baseball and softball are Saturday.