Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Fishermen Rescued After Boat Catches Fire (SW Harbor) Two men whose fishing vessel caught fire Thursday were rescued by members of College of the Atlantic that were conducting research on Mount Desert Rock. The U.S. Coast Guard Southwest Harbor reports they received a mayday call about 9:15, stating the damaged boat was in […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Fugitive Captured in Bangor (Bangor) Drug possession, possession of machine guns, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, carrying a firearm on school grounds, and firearms violations with a history of prior violent drug crimes. Those are just some of the charges against a fugitive from Massachusetts who was found and arrested in […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Maine AG Recommends Charging Juvenile in Union Homicide as Adult (Rockland) The office of the Maine Attorney General is recommending the 17 yo accused of murdering a paddle boarder in Union on July 2nd be charged as an adult. Deven Young is accused of killing 48 yo Sunshine Stewart of Tenants Harbor, who […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs MIAC Warns of Phone Scams (Maine) Yet another phone scam warning – actually, a series of ongoing phone scams involving individuals impersonating law enforcement officers. The Maine Information and Analysis Center says the bureau has received multiple reports of such incidents in the past year, including a case just this month involving the […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Teen Accused of Paddle Boarders Murder Makes First Court Appearance (Union) The 17 yo accused of murdering 48 yo Sunshine Stewart of Tenants Harbor while she was paddle boarding on a pond in Union on July 2nd made his first court appearance on Friday. An autopsy determined Stewart died of blunt force trauma […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Arrest Made in Union Homicide (Union) Authorities have arrested a 17 yo in connection with the July 3rd homicide death of a paddle boarder in Union. Maine State Police say the suspect was taken into custody in Union without incident about 10:30 Wednesday evening. The victim, 48 yo Sunshine Stewart of Tenants Harbor, […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Authorities Close Bangor Street in Police Standoff (Bangor) Police in Bangor closed 14th Street yesterday morning after they say a person climbed onto a roof and refused to come down. Crisis negotiators responded to the scene, and people were asked to avoid the area. Perkins Street at 14th was also closed. Officers say […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Second Hit-and-Run Victim Succumbs to Injuries (Albion) The second child injured in that tragic hit and run crash last Friday has died. Public Safety Officer Shannon Moss reports to Star 97.7 Mollie Egold remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. The 33 yo was walking with her twins on Hussey Road in Albion […]
PERC/Eagle Point Suit (Orrington) –Where your trash ends up in the future remains undecided at the moment. A judge may have something to say later this year as the former owners of a trash to energy incinerator in Orrington sue the current owners over fees towns pay to get rid of the trash. Eagle […]
Ellsworth Police Shooting Verdict (Ellsworth) – A judge has found an Ellsworth man guilty of reckless conduct with a weapon but declined to convict him for attempted murder in a gunfire exchange with police officers in December of 2023. Justice Terrence Hannigan set sentencing for 70-year old Jeffrey Paine for Thursday. Paine had a […]
