Juneteenth! Crime, Public Safety, Drugs Farmington Shooting (Farmington) A suspect is in custody for allegedly shooting a woman in her Farmington home Tuesday. WABI reports police were called to the home shortly before 2 p.m. and found a 29 yo woman who had been shot in the face. The suspect, 26 yo Gunthar Swan, was […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Rumble Strips Save Lives on Maine’s Rural Roads (Maine) There are increasing rumblings across Maine – rumble strips, that is. The Maine Monitor reports they’re saving lives. With miles of rural roadways, distracted and sleepy drivers can be deadly accidents waiting to happen. Back in 1993, there were no rumble strips on the […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Proper Gun Storage Saves Lives (Undated) Every year, nearly 50K people die from gun violence. Dr. Katherine Hoops, a pediatric critical care physician at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, tells Star 97.7 one simple action – safe firearm storage – can turn this around. (((Storage 1 “…that everyone can take […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs State FMO Investigates Three Fatal Fires (Maine) The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating at least three fatal fires that happened over the weekend. A chimney fire is suspected in a blaze at a home on Magrath Road in the Franklin County town of Wilton on Saturday. 84 yo Robert Adams, who lived […]
Mill Mall Shooting (Ellsworth) – Police in Ellsworth are calling a shooting that left one person dead a suicide. Ellsworth police, the Sheriff’s Department and State Police rushed to the scene behind the Mill Mall after reports of gunshots shortly after 11 o’clock yesterday morning. The area is within view of the Ellsworth […]
Hancock Fatal (Hancock) – A horrific series of vehicle crashes in Hancock yesterday left a 54-year-old Ellsworth man dead. State Public Safety Department spokeswoman Shannon Moss reports to Star 97.7 that Kevin Minnie was driving west on Route 1 at a high rate of speed when he hit another vehicle. His car kept going […]
Appleton Fatal (Appleton) – A 28-year old Minnesota motorcyclist is dead after crashing his bike in the Knox County Town of Appleton earlier this week. Deputies say James Limmer of Dundee Minnesota drifted off the Searsmont Road and slammed into a stand of trees. First responders found his body at the scene of the […]
Glenburn Shooting (Glenburn) – A man considered armed and dangerous is on the loose this morning after a shooting in Glenburn yesterday afternoon. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 43-year old Brendon Harvey of Glenburn. The shooting left one person critically injured and another with minor injuries. Deputies shut down McCarty Road […]
Lawmaker Injured (Sedgwick) – A State Representative from Deer Isle is recovering from a broken vertebra after a car crash in Sedgwick last week. Democrat Holly Eaton underwent surgery at a Bangor hospital then was airlifted to a Portland hospital after she suffered a pulmonary embolism during physical therapy. Bar Harbor Story reports Eaton […]
Katahdin Fatalities (Baxter State Park) – The father and daughter from New York who died while climbing Mt. Katahdin last weekend faced extreme weather conditions. Searchers found Tim and Esther Keiderling’s bodies this week below the summit of Maine’s tallest mountain. Other hikers in the area say the weather included snow, ice, rain and […]
