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Local News 02/14/24

Happy Valentine’s Day!  ♥ Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Confiscated Firearms Not Always Fully Destroyed.  (Portland)  Guns, guns, everywhere – that’s the situation at the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office in Portland.  The Maine Monitor reports the firearms were confiscated, found or otherwise turned over to the agency.  Detective Keith Cook says the weapons are difficult to work with, […]

Local News 02/13/24

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Ellsworth Police Department Warns of Rental Scams (Ellsworth)  The Ellsworth Police Department says they’ve had several complaints lately about apartments and homes for rent that have turned out to be scams.  They say properties appear to be local and legitimate but images are often from old real estate listings.  They say tips for […]

Local News 02/12/24

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Illegal Marijuana Crackdown (Piscataquis County)  A search of locations in Sangerville and Guilford on Friday led to the seizure of hundreds of marijuana plants from illegal Asian growing operations.  WABI-TV reports the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s office served four search warrants and confiscated some 2200 plants from three of four properties searched.  One man […]

Local News 02/09/24

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Alleged Child Abduction Deemed a Hoax (Ellsworth)  The alleged attempted abduction of a young girl this week in Ellsworth turned out to be a hoax.  Captain Shawn Willey reports to Star 97.7, on February 6th the Ellsworth Police Department received a complaint of an attempted abduction of an 11 year old girl just after […]

Local News 02/08/24

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Oxford County Commissioners Ask Governor to Remove Sheriff (Oxford)  Turmoil in the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office.  The Oxford County Commissioners on Wednesday asked Governor Janet Mills to remove Sheriff Christopher Wainwright.  Wainwright is accused of transferring guns from an evidence locker to a gun dealer without properly documenting the action.  Because it is […]

Local News 0207/24

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs New York Man Sentenced for Mailing Fentanyl (Rockland)  A New York man was sentenced this week for mailing fentanyl to a pair of Rockland residents who later died of accidental overdoses.  Court records show in June 2020, 49 yo Tyler Dean used an alias to ship an envelope via Priority Mail Express to […]

Local News 02/06/24

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Carmel Incident Involves Large Police Presence (Carmel)  A heavy police presence in the town of Carmel Monday evening caused residents in the area of Main and Damascus Roads to be on the alert, although authorities said there was no threat to the public.  No other details were available, but people were advised to […]

Local News 02/5/24

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Brewer Road Rage Incident Leads to Arrest (Brewer)  A road rage incident on Friday led to the arrest of a Machiasport man.  Shortly before 1:30 that afternoon, Brewer Police received a call about a man who had reportedly tried to run another vehicle off the road and who appeared to brandish a handgun.  […]

Local News 02/02/24

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Local Waterfront Businesses Scramble to Recover from Storms (Corea)  Chipman’s Wharf in Milbridge, Beal’s Lobster Pier in Southwest Harbor, the Stonington Lobster Co-op and Greenhead Lobster in Stonington, and the Corea Lobster Co-op.  The businesses serve hundreds of lobstermen from May through October … all were heavily damaged in the recent storms.  The […]

Local News 02/01/24

Crime/Public Safety/Drugs State Reaches Plea Deal with Suspect in Washington County Slaying (Machias)  A Washington County man who was accused in the brutal slaying of 43 yo Kimberly Neptune in her Pleasant Point apartment in April 2022 is out of jail after a judge declared a mistrial.  The Portland Press Herald reports 40 yo Donnell […]