Police, Fire and Courts

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 29-Feb. 2.

Camden

Paul Cartwright to Thomas Brereton Smith and…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Jan. 27 - Feb. 1. 

Aaron L. Daggett, 44, of…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Jan. 18 - Feb. 1.

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

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Jan. 25 - Feb. 2.

An arrest or summons does…

Press release

UPDATE Feb. 6:

Xaingming Ye, Asian male. age 62, of Whitefield and Brooklyn, New York was arrested on an arrest warrant at his residence on Clover Lane in Whitefield by…

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden continue to urge the U.S. Department of Justice to crack down on illegal…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Jan. 13-26.

Jeffrey Graeme Anderson, 49, of St. George, violation of privacy in St. George Dec. 6, 2023, $200…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 237 calls for service for the period of Jan. 23 and Jan. 30. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 873 calls for service.

Summonses

TENANTS HARBOR — A stokes basket carrying a fisherman was passed hand over hand across an island Sunday evening, Jan. 28, 2024, after search and rescuers tracked the overdue man to the treacherous…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Jan. 19-25. 

Shawn Judkins, 24, of Lagrange,…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Jan. 6-26.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Jan. 18-26.

An arrest or summons does not…

ROCKLAND ­— The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 22-25.   

Appleton

Ann Marie Powers to Stephen C. Powers.

Pedestrian fatalities have not decreased

AUGUSTA – The Maine Bureau of Highway…

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 15-19.  

Appleton

Alfred S. Green Jr. Est. to Elaine M. Green.…

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Jan. 12-18. 

Christopher J. Wells, 47, of…

WASHINGTON — A Maine man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session…

Sturdy ash tree helped keep Jeep from landing in deep, icy water

ROCKPORT – Just as dusk settled into Saturday evening, Jan. 20, a woman driving a Jeep careened over four-foot tall chain link fence and…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Jan. 2-17.

An arrest or summons does not…

Knox County administrators are taking a moment to celebrate some positive news this weekend. Though work is still required in returning the County to a fully staffed and self-supporting district,…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Jan. 6-19.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

PORTLAND — A Rockland woman was sentenced Jan. 18, 2024, in U.S. District Court, in Portland, for distributing child sexual abuse materials.

Chief U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy sentenced…

If pipes, valves ruptured, could have caused catastrophic release of hazardous material

On January 17, 2024, at approximately 9:05 a.m., the Maine State Police received multiple reports of a crash on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth involving a commercial motor…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Jan. 8-12. 

Belfast

Interstate 295 reopened just before midnight Jan. 17, after Police and emergency personnel  removed the wrecked trailer from Interstate I-295 northbound at Exit 17 in…

ROCKLAND — The following cases were closed in Knox County Unified Court from Dec. 28-Jan. 12.

Nicholas Adkins, 33, of Warren, unlawful possession of scheduled drug in Rockland Nov. 23,…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 277 calls for service for the period of Jan. 8 to Jan. 16. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 450 calls for service.

Summonses

ROCKLAND — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds Jan. 8-12.  

Camden

John K. Young Est. to Jonathan Scott Perkins and…

BELFAST — The following divorces were recently recorded in Belfast District Court.

Paula M. Bourassa, of Waldo, and…

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

Nicholas A. Littlefield, 28, of…

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Jan. 1-5. 

Belfast

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

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

BELFAST  — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Dec. 31 - Jan. 10.

An arrest or summons…

ROCKLAND – Potential hires are currently ensconced in the application process at Rockland Police Dept. Yet, Police Chief Tim Carroll has already returned to the City Council to request an…

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Police Department posted the following news release to its Facebook page:

Wednesday evening (01/10/2024), Rockland Police were called to the Ferry Terminal Parking…

ROCKLAND — Rockland Fire Department came to the assistance of a man at a Harbor Park restaurant who found himself trapped in the structure as flood waters swarmed his exit. The Wednesday, Jan. 10…

The gas leak on Bay View Street in Camden was identified and shut off.


An active LP gas leak on Bay View Street in Camden has the area closed. The public is urged not to approach…

The leak has been found and gas has been shut down.


An active LP gas leak on Bay View Street in Camden has the area closed. The public is urged not to approach that area. The Fire…

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

Appleton

Betty J. Woodman and Betty Woodman Kohlsdorf to…

Law enforcement’s readiness to handle mental health situations has come under scrutiny since October, when a Bowdoin man killed 18 people in Lewiston in the worst mass shooting in Maine history,…

UPDATE — Rockport Police Sgt. James Moore said Jan. 10 that he continues to investigate the crash, but that it involved three vehicles, a 2015 Honda CRV, operated by Judith Clossey, of Camden, who…

Two new officers have joined the ranks of the Maine Marine Patrol after recent graduation ceremonies at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.

Callahan Crosby, of Rangeley, will serve in the…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 158 calls for service for the period of Jan. 2 to Jan. 8. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 173 calls for service.

Summons

BELFAST — The following deed transfers were recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds Dec. 25-29. 

Brooks

BELFAST — The following cases were closed in Waldo County Unified Court Dec 29 - Jan. 4. 

Robert G. Gray Jr., 38, of…

SOUTH THOMASTON (Jan. 7, 2024, 6 p.m.) — Because the barn that burned at Pepper Hill Farm, in South Thomaston, is on a commercial property, a call to the Fire Marshal’s Office was…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Dec. 21 - Jan. 2. 

An arrest or summons…

BELFAST — Belfast Police reported the following activity Dec. 27 - Jan. 1.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a…

SOUTH THOMASTON — A pickup truck driver was able to continue along Spruce Head Road, in South Thomaston, for a good quarter of a mile with the hood of his truck blocking a lot of his view,…

CAMDEN — A former teacher at an independent school in Camden was arrested Dec. 22 for allegedly sexually assaulting a student over a decade ago.

Clifford J. Barnes, 34, who previously…