Police, Fire and Courts

BELFAST — A Montville man has been sentenced to serve a year in prison following his escape from police custody in March. 

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court May 5-11.

Scott F. Mosher, 55, of Waldo, theft…

BELFAST The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity April 27 - May 10.

An arrest or summons…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity May 2-10.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…

THOMASTON — Walmart video proved successful at determining the circumstances of how a pressure cooker came to be sitting on a wastebasket at the entrance to the store, May 7. In the end,…

VASSALBORO — A new Game Warden assigned to Appleton is one of 13 graduates of the Advanced Warden School, May 9, at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. Matthew Norcia and the others are headed…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds May 1-5. 

Appleton

Gary E. Sukeforth to Ronald Gibson and Monica Gibson…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity April 18 - May 4. 

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and…

ROCKLAND (UPDATE) – A Vinalhaven man who is accused of setting fire to a woman’s personal property, will be back in court on June 29 for a dispositional conference after he made his initial court…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity April 23-29.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction, and those charged are considered…

BELFAST — The following case was closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 30 - May 4. 

Theodore D. Harris, 44, of…

ROCKPORT — One week after hikers discovered a body while walking alongside a portion of a stream bed that extends alongside the town-owned RES property down to Rockport Harbor, Maine’s Medical…

ROCKLAND — Rockland police decided that the safest option available at the moment for returning a child to the ground was to call in the fire department. 

Shortly before 12:30 p.m., Friday…

For 90 minutes, intellectual electricity generated by a debate filled a room at the Maine State Prison in Warren. Requiring intense…

PORTLAND — Two of the defendants named in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in 2019 by a former Medomak Valley…

CAMDEN – Police have not determined if the crimes are related, but two cars were stolen from driveways April 21 during the night, one in…

KNOX COUNTY — The reports continue to rush in to Knox Regional Communications Center regarding the effects of an overnight storm that pounded the area. Rain and wind advisories proved correct as…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds April 24-28. 

Belfast

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 21-27. 

Rock A. Chase, 62, of Hartland,…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds April 24-28. 

Camden

Patricia A. Feeney and John M. Feeney to Timothy A…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity March 26 - April 27.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction,…

Sent to Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta for identification

Rockport Police, with the assistance of Camden Police, Maine State Police and Maine Marine Patrol, are investigating the discovery of human remains found at approximately 6 p.m. this evening,…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity April 15-27.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

Early one cold winter morning, three LifeFlight helicopters were positioned simultaneously on the tarmac at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. While unusual for a small community hospital to have…

CAMDEN — Sometimes, lightning strikes don’t leave entry marks. However, the lightning bolt that struck a house in Camden Thursday afternoon, April 27, left little doubt.

In the midst of a…

An investigation by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office surrounding how and why a man carrying contraband drugs…

UPDATE: A Damariscotta man who was arrested early…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 188 calls for service for the period of April 18 to April 25. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 3,179 calls for service.

Summonses…

Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for March 15-April 15:

Arrests/Summonses

March 16, Dennis Jones, 34, of Wiscasset was summonsed for Operating After License…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds April 17-21. 

Camden

Marie E. Romano to Enrique Delgadillo and Rebecca…

KNOX COUNTY — Temperatures topped 50 degrees in Knox County during the past three days, leading to a few even hotter spots. Fire trucks chased calls and firefighters chased runaway burns in…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds April 17-21. 

Belfast

Dana M. and Amy K. Therrien to Maine State Credit…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 14-20.

Heath W. Prior, 38, of Cushing, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer in Belfast April 12, 2021, 12…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity April 14-20.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity April  3-18. 

An arrest or summons does…

Lincoln County is adding two new police cruisers to its fleet by buying them right off the lot. On April 18, Chief Deputy Rand Maker told commissioners the department is still waiting on delivery…

CAMDEN — An April 17 crash on Route 1 in Camden under rainy and foggy conditions sent one man to the hospital with a severe lower leg injury and a broken wrist.

Camden Fire and EMS…

Suspect held at Wiscasset jail; State Police continue investigation of multiple shootings in Bowdoin and Yarmouth

Update, 3:30 p.m., April 19: In a 3:30 p.m. news release from the Maine Dept. of Public Safety, the identities of the murder victims and those injured by gunshot on I-295 were provided,…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds April 10-14.

Belfast

Juanita Palmer to Rose Rapp.

Alva E. and…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 199 calls for service for the period of April 11 to April 18. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,991 calls for service.

Summonses…

ST. GEORGE — The driver of a pickup truck was in for a surprise, Monday, April 17, when he crested a hill in time to see a tri axle dump truck loaded with stones careening up the hill toward him…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court April 6-13. 

Patrice Massicotte, 52, of…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds April 10-14. 

Camden

George E. Underhill to Christopher Dawson.

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department reported the following activity March 27 - April 8. 

An arrest or summons does not constitute a conviction,…

Chase began in Swanville, ended in Windsor, involved spike strips, PIT maneuver

BELFAST — A 23 year old Belfast man has been transported to Waldo County General Hospital for treatment after leading police on a chase that began in Swanville around 6:20 a.m. April 13, according…

ROCKLAND — A transformer fire in Rockland might be the cause of power outages in nearby Thomaston, Thursday, April 13. 

At 5:10 p.m., Rockland Fire Department was alerted to a transformer…