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Alna selectmen
Vandalism spree through ex-Alna town office puts sale plans on hold
Thursday, June 13, 2019 - 8:00am
Vandals spray-painted and smashed up the inside of Alna’s former town office, leaving it such a mess it needs cleanup and repainting over profane words and images before the town can try to sell it, selectmen said June 12. They said once they have a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department report, they can get it to the town’s insurer to help with costs. Those total nearly $4,000 in damages First Selectman Melissa Spinney said Deputy Town Clerk Lynnette Eastman discovered June 7. The list Spinney...
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Four arrests
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 11:30am
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 242 calls for service June 4 through 11. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 7,218 calls for service. Summons Adrianna L. L’Heureux, 23, of Boothbay was issued a summons on June 4 for Operating while License is Suspended or Revoked, on Dodge Road, Edgecomb, by Deputy Chase Bosse. Arrests Christine E. Ahlstrom, 54, of Lewiston was arrested June 7 for Violating Condition of Release, on Crooker Road,...
Wiscasset Police Blotter May 27-June 9
Monday, June 10, 2019 - 7:30pm
For the week of May 27 – June 3, Chief Larry Hesseltine reported the following police activity:
Summonses
Ethan Harrison, 19, of Phippsburg for inspection Neilly Hendrickson, 44, of Wiscasset for inspection Kenneth Greenwood, 25, of Corinna for speed and insurance Jean MacKenzie, 62, of Dunedin, Florida for speed Sean Hatch, 39, of Wiscasset for insurance Todd McPhee, 59, of Woolwich, for insurance Evelyn Axtell, 54, of Bremen for speed Joshua Crabtree, 20, of Dresden for...
Lincoln County Courts
Closed cases for May
Monday, June 10, 2019 - 7:00pm
The following are closed criminal cases for May in the Lincoln County Courts. All information was provided by the court clerk. Unless otherwise noted, sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail. Cainin Griffin, 42, of Wiscasset, guilty of Disorderly Conduct (offensive words, gestures), sentenced to jail for three days. Deferred disposition for Domestic Violence Assault. Brian Pottle, 53, of Augusta, probation violated for OUI (alcohol), two priors, in Wiscasset. Sentenced to two years,...
Wiscasset man arrested
Monday, June 10, 2019 - 2:30pm
On Thursday, June 6 at approximately 6 p.m., Daniel H. Lewis, 26, of Wiscasset was arrested without incident by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on Wawenock Road in Edgecomb, according to a LCSO press release. Lewis was wanted on two warrants for several charges. These charges stemmed from two separate incidents in Wiscasset the first May 24, 2019 included: Eluding an officer, Failure to stop for a police officer, Driving to endanger, Criminal Speeding, Attaching false plates, Leaving the...
Edgecomb to buy fire truck from western New York
Saturday, June 8, 2019 - 7:45am
Acting quickly to replace Engine #3, Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter informed selectmen June 3 that a 1991 KME Renegade pumper was for sale in Scio, New York, a town of about 1,800, south of Buffalo. Potter told officials the truck in New York has 20,000 miles on it and underwent a $75,000 renovation in 2014. The asking price is $25,000, but Potter felt the department would be able to get it for $15,000. The truck is still being used by the Scio Fire Department. “It’s in phenomenal condition,”...
Fatal motorcycle accident in Wiscasset
Friday, June 7, 2019 - 9:15am
A 62-year-old Alna man was killed Thursday, June 6 at the intersection of Route 1 and Old Ferry Road in Wiscasset in a truck-motorcycle collision. According to a report from Wiscasset Police Chief Larry Hesseltine, George Christopher of Alna was traveling north on Route 1 on his 1999 Harley Davidson Sportster motorcycle when he was struck by a 2001 Dodge pickup being operated by Dylan Young, 48, of Wiscasset. According to the report, Young was making a left turn onto Old Ferry Road when the two...
Boothbay Harbor Police Blotter: Four arrests
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 - 4:30pm
Arrests On May 4 at 2:19 p.m on Townsend Avenue, Officer Chryplewicz arrested Asa Lucier, 26, Boothbay Harbor, on a warrant for failure to appear. On May 15 at 10:45 a.m on Howard Street, Chief Hasch arrested Nicole Moreau, 36, Edgecomb, on a warrant for failure to appear. On May 15 at at 11:14 a.m. on Oak Street, Chief Hasch, Sgt. Higgins and Officers Beck and Brown arrested Konstantinos Rigas, 31, Boothbay Harbor, for criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, domestic violence assault...
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Two arrests
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 - 11:15am
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 419 calls for service from May 28 through June 4. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 6,976 calls for service. On May 28, Deputy David Bellows was dispatched to a report of a theft of four boat batteries and a fuel tank from a business in the Newcastle area. Further information as leads develop. On May 29, Deputy First Class Brian Collamore was dispatched to a report of a scam complaint in the town of...
Lakeside Drive accident May 29
Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 4:45pm
At 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, Boothbay Region Ambulance Service and Officer Aaron Beck of Boothbay Harbor Police Department responded to a call on Lakeside Drive. Beck said Kari Babcock, 51, of Boothbay, was driving her 2016 blue Ford Escape southbound when it collided with a northbound 2014 gray Ford Flex driven by Laura Hughes, 53, of Southport. Babcock was making a left hand turn when the vehicles collided. Each driver was transported by ambulance to a hospital with non-life threatening...
Lincoln County Courts
Shorey sentenced to three years for manslaughter
Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 8:30am
Patrick Shorey, 26, of Waterville, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, all but three suspended, and four years’ probation, for a 2017 crash that claimed an elderly woman’s life. The crash occurred in Dresden on June 2, 2017, near the Wiscasset line. According to Lincoln County Sheriff's reports, Carolyn Blouin, 75, of Rockville, Connecticut, and her husband Charles Blouin, 81, were driving north on Route 27 when Shorey crossed the center line and hit their car head-on. Carolyn Blouin was...
Coast Guard searching for abandoned boat’s owner
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 4:30pm
The U.S. Coast Guard spent several hours searching for the owner of an abandoned boat found May 29 in East Boothbay. The 16-foot wooden hull boat was reported abandoned floating in the Damariscotta River’s mouth off King Phillip’s Trail around 7:33 a.m. The Boothbay Fire Department assisted in recovering the boat which was found with the engine in an upright position and gear stored inside. Coast Guard officials don’t know why the boat was found without anyone aboard. They don’t know if anyone...
Fox confirmed rabid in Boothbay Harbor
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 3:45pm
On Sunday, May 26, Lincoln County Animal Control Officer Will Snowman responded to the report of a possible rabid fox that had been shot and killed on Simmons Drive in Boothbay Harbor after attacking a domestic cat. The cat owner explained that he had shot and killed the fox after it attacked his cat on his property. ACO Snowman bagged the fox and contacted the Maine Wardens Service. The deceased fox was later picked up by a warden and transported to the Maine CDC in Augusta for testing. The...
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Eight accidents
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 1:45pm
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 287 calls for service between May 21 and May 28. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 6,557 calls for service. On May 21, Deputy Ryan Chubbuck was dispatched to a report of a theft of approximately 6 boat batteries (approximately value: $900) from the Newcastle area. Further information as leads develop. On May 23, Deputy Kevin Dennison was dispatched to a report of criminal mischief to a screen frame (...
Lincoln County Courts
Charges dismissed against former state rep Pierce
Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 1:45pm
Former state representative Jeffrey Pierce, 56, of Dresden has had three Class E charges of Fraudulently Obtaining or Possessing a Hunting License dismissed by District Attorney Natasha Irving. The charges stemmed from a 35-year-old drug felony in which he sold cocaine to a state trooper. Pierce served 30 days of an eight-month sentence, with the rest suspended. He had also been convicted of another drug crime at age 18. Gov. Paul LePage pardoned him for the felonies in 2018, shortly before...
Wiscasset Police Blotter May 6-19
Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 8:45am
For the week of May 6-12, Chief Larry Hesseltine reported the following activity:
Summonses
Lucas Brower, 31, of Camden for speed Kristin Crowley, 34, of Richmond for speed Anna Chapman, 49, of Dresden for inspection and insurance Morris Young, 33, of Columbia for inspection Christian Ayer, 20, of Bailey Island for speed and insurance
Arrests
Christopher Lannon, 61, of Wiscasset for Operating a Vehicle Without a License Lorretta Perkins, 37, of Richmond for...
Pear Street, Boothbay Harbor apartment fire leaves seven homeless
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 2:45pm
A Saturday morning fire has left seven Boothbay Harbor residents homeless. At 3:12 a.m. May 18, the Boothbay Harbor Fire Department responded to a call at 23 Pear St. According to Fire Chief Nick Upham, the blaze was under control in 10 minutes and completely extinguished by hand 45 minutes later. “It appears it started as something electrical in the living room wall and spread to the ceiling, but it didn’t break into any other rooms,” Upham said. Apartment damage was “minimal,” according to...
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Two arrests
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 1:45pm
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 244 calls between May 14 and 21. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 6,270 calls for service. Summonses Jacqueline K. Hassengpflug, 22, of Bristol was issued summonses May 10 for Assault and Criminal Trespass, on Split Rock Road, Bristol, by Deputy Jonathan Colby. Donald C. McKay, 59, of Edgecomb was issued a summons May 14 for Operating While License is Suspended or Revoked – Prior, on Ocean Point...
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Bailey: Jail to specialize in drug treatment
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 8:30am
In July, Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset will lose one of its longtime boarding counties, Waldo County, and with it, a nearly million-dollar contract. However, Col. James Bailey, jail administrator, said it opens a valuable door. “We are hoping to dedicate an entire pod to medication-assisted drug treatment,” the use of medication and behavior management to help overcome addictions, he said. Also involved are wrap-around services for success on the outside, such as continuing treatment,...
Lincoln County Courts
Holbrook takes Alford plea in 2017 shootings, arson
Friday, May 17, 2019 - 9:00am
Michael Holbrook, 47, of Boothbay took an Alford plea to address several charges stemming from a night of violence and mayhem on April 14 and 15, 2017. Holbrook took the plea, similar to a no contest plea, in exchange for a series of consecutive and concurrent sentences that will give him 10 years in jail, with all but two years suspended, and six years of probation. The two most serious charges, Criminal Attempt (to commit murder) and Arson are Class A felonies. Each garnered a sentence of...
Lincoln County Courts
Grand jury indicts Plummer in connection with 2018 standoff
Friday, May 17, 2019 - 8:45am
A Lincoln County grand jury indicted Matthew Plummer, 36, of Wiscasset May 15, charging him in connection with an eight-hour police standoff Dec. 14-15, 2018 at his apartment on Heritage Lane. The charges are Aggravated Assault, Class B; Domestic Violence Terrorizing, Criminal Threatening with a Dangerous Weapon, Class B; Domestic Violence Assault, Class C; and Creating a Police Standoff, Class E. According to Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, Plummer allegedly strangled a woman and...
Police chief issues statement on standoff
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 9:15pm
Chief Robert Hasch of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department has released the following information about the standoff which occurred today (May 15) at 31 Oak St.: “On 5-15-2019 at approximately (11:15 a.m.) Officer Beck and Chief Hasch responded to a call reporting possible fighting / arguing at 31 Oak Street. Upon arrival Officer Beck and Chief Hasch made contact with a female subject who had barricaded herself in a third floor room in an attempt to flee from a male subject who reportedly had...
UPDATE: Police standoff in Boothbay Harbor, man in custody
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 1:00pm
UPDATE: A standoff at 31 Oak St. came to a head around 1:15 p.m. as Boothbay Harbor officers and Lincoln County deputies safely apprehended Konstantinos Rigas, 31, of Boothbay Harbor. “I'm still sorting things out myself,” Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch said an hour after Rigas was booked. “Multiple charges will be forthcoming.” Hasch said the initial call was from a passerby who heard shouting coming from inside the house. When Sgt. Pat Higgins arrived, there was a woman barricaded in...
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Four arrests
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 11:45am
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 259 calls for service between May 7 and May 14. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 6,026 calls for service. Summonses Jakob T. Crabtree, 20, of Waldoboro was issued summonses May 9 for Operating under the Influence (Drugs or Combo); Unlawful Possession of Scheduled Drug (class D) and Unlawful Possession of Scheduled Drug (class E), on Boothbay Road, Edgecomb, by Deputy Chase Bosse. Arrests Jacenta R...
Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority
Jail Authority to decide on MAT for opioid addiction
Monday, May 13, 2019 - 1:00pm
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority decided May 8 to create a committee to look into options for Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) for opioid addiction at the jail. According to Col. James Bailey, jail administrator, drug addiction is a serious issue in the jail, and when inmates are released. Bailey said the jail has been complying with MAT already prescribed when an inmate arrives. Working with inmates who have yet to begin therapy, and making some treatment and possibly transitional...
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Hope woman gets six years for Woolwich fatals
Monday, May 13, 2019 - 11:45am
Danielle Ward, 35, of Hope, was sentenced to six years in prison May 6 after changing her plea to guilty in March in connection with a January 2017 crash that claimed the lives of a Woolwich couple, Robert S. Martin, 70, and Carolyn W. Martin, 76. Ward changed her plea after a motion to suppress blood evidence was denied. She pleaded guilty to two counts of Manslaughter and one count each of Operating Under the Influence (drugs or combo), Aggravated Driving to Endanger, and Endangering the...
Fire at transfer station quickly extinguished
Thursday, May 9, 2019 - 3:15pm
A fire in one of the trash bins at the Waste Management Facility was quickly extinguished by area firefighters on Thursday afternoon, May 9. No one was hurt as a result of the fire. The fire was reported to Lincoln County Communications just before 2 p.m. Firefighters from Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport and Edgecomb responded. Also responding were Boothbay Region Ambulance Service and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. A Central Maine Power truck came to shut off power to the building...
Collision on Route 27 in Boothbay
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 6:30pm
Around 5 p.m. Tuesday, a Fuller Marine Services truck was rear ended by a passenger car between Pharmers market and Boothbay Collision, according to the truck’s driver, Todd Widdecomb. Widdecomb said he was making room for an ambulance when he was hit from behind. This story will be updated when more information becomes available.
Wiscasset Police Blotter
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 4:30pm
For the week of April 22-28, Chief Larry Hesseltine reported the following activity:
Summonses
Joshua Watkis, 42, of Alna for inspection; Garrett Brown, 21, of Gardiner for speed; Daniel Lewis, 27, of Boothbay for speed There were 111 calls for service. For the week of April 29-May 5, Chief Hesseltine reported the following activity:
Accidents
On Friday, May 3, a 2017 Mercedes Benz operated by Loretta Leighton, 49, of Wiscasset was eastbound stopped making a...
Pink Lady II collides into Boothbay Harbor pier
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 12:45pm
An excursion boat crashed into a Boothbay Harbor pier May 2 after losing power. Around 11 a.m., the
Pink Lady II
left Bristol Marine after three weeks in the boatyard. The vessel had enough power to shift into gear, but not enough to maneuver the ship, according to owner John Fish of Cap’n Fish’s of Boothbay Harbor. Without power, the captain couldn’t shift out of gear or steer. The boat crashed into a Boothbay Harbor pier. “The boat was docked in the boatyard for three weeks without...
Lincoln County Commissioners
McLaughlin resigns as county planner
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 12:30pm
Megan McLaughlin, hired this year to replace County Planner Bob Faunce, has resigned effective May 17. According to County Administrator Carrie Kipfer, McLaughlin, whose background is primarily in municipal planning, found the county job highly administrative. “She preferred a hands-on approach, working with planning boards and commissions,” Kipfer said. McLaughlin is going to work for the City of Auburn. Commissioners accepted herresignation with regret Tuesday. The county also has to decide...
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Six accidents
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 11:15am
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 245 calls for service between April 20 and May 7. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 5,767 calls for service. Arrest Kelsey A. Walker, 23, of Bristol was arrested May 5 for Domestic Violence Assault, on Split Rock Road, Bristol, by Deputy First Class Brian Collamore. Accidents On May 3, an accident occurred on Waldoboro Road in Jefferson involving Matthew A. Dodge, 37, of Jefferson. Mr. Dodge had...
LCRPC plans flood talks
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 7:30am
Please join us on Wednesday, May 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. for a presentation of the Maine Flood Resilience Checklist by Abbie Sherwin of Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission (SMPDC) followed by a presentation on Hazard Mitigation in Lincoln County by Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). The checklist is a self-assessment tool for Maine’s coastal communities to evaluate vulnerability to flood hazards and to increase resilience...
Wiscasset arrest connected to Richmond drug case
Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 6:45pm
Maine Drug Enforcement agents and State Fire Marshals have charged a man and woman from New York with selling heroin and attempting to burn down a Richmond house Wednesday night, May 1. The two arrived in Richmond in a taxi rented in Portland. They had arrived by bus earlier in the day from New York and were intent on collecting drug money debt. En route to the house they stopped at a convenience store where they bought a can of gasoline. A car parked in the driveway of the Richmond home, on...
Boothbay Harbor Police Blotter: Three arrests
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 5:15pm
Arrests On April 5, Officer Snyder arrested Spencer Vogt, 32, Boothbay Harbor, on a warrant. On April 12, Officer Braley arrested Travis Dobson, 33, Waldoboro, on a warrant. On April 28, Officer Braley arrested Jonathan Dexter, 46, North Yarmouth for operating under the influence. Summary Report From April 2 through April 29, Boothbay Harbor police officers responded to 312 calls. They conducted nine 911 checks, 27 compliance checks, 34 property checks, one drug investigation, 25 escort/...
Capital Judicial Center
Gatto found guilty of murder
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 2:45pm
Shawna Gatto, 45, of Wiscasset, was found guilty of depraved indifference murder in a verdict Justice William Stokes rendered Tuesday. Gatto was on trial for the murder of her fiance’s granddaughter, Kendall Chick, 4, who died on Dec. 8, 2017. Chick’s grandfather, Stephen Hood, called 9-1-1 in the late afternoon on Dec. 8. Gatto had phoned him, thinking he had left to go to the hardware store, but he was still in the yard, and came in to find his granddaughter unresponsive, pale, cold to the...
Tragic end to search for Wiscasset man
Saturday, April 27, 2019 - 5:00pm
On Saturday, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office continued its search for 36-year-old Casey Main of Wiscasset, and at about 12:30 p.m., his body was discovered, still inside his vehicle. The search Saturday centered on Back River in Wiscasset near a boat launch off Old Ferry Road. Resources from the Maine Marine Patrol, Maine Warden Service, Maine State Police, Massachusetts State Police and the Wiscasset Fire Department were used in the locating and recovery of Main and his vehicle. The...
Divers part of search for Wiscasset man with medical condition
Friday, April 26, 2019 - 6:00pm
On Friday, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office continued its search for 36-year-old Casey Main of Wiscasset. Main was reported missing Thursday morning. The initial search centered in the Westport Island and Wiscasset area and included both ground and air resources. Friday's ground search was centered in Wiscasset and a search using divers in the Back River near Main’s last known location in Wiscasset. As of 5:30 p.m. Friday, neither Main nor his vehicle have been located and the search on the...
Wiscasset man missing
Friday, April 26, 2019 - 5:15am
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Casey Main, 36, of Wiscasset. Main has health care issues that require regular attention. He left his work at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, April 25, in Wiscasset. He was en route to his home in Wiscasset and never arrived. This is out of his normal pattern. Main has not had contact with friends or family since leaving work. He is 6 feet tall, weighs 170 pounds, has very short brown hair and a goatee, and is potentially in medical crisis. The Sheriff's...
UPDATED: Six charged with drug smuggling at TBRJ
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 1:00pm
UPDATE: Brianna Ayers was arrested later Tuesday in Lewiston and taken to Androscoggin County Jail. Original post: The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said six people have been charged with smuggling drugs into Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. Charged are: Alexander Laurelez, 23, of Topsham, Aggravated Furnishing of Schedule W Drugs, Class B (Suboxone & LSD) Trafficking in Prison Contraband, Class C Female juvenile, 17, of Topsham, Unlawful Furnishing of Schedule W Drugs, Class C (...
Woolwich aids in Kennebec River search for missing man
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 11:15am
At 9:53 p.m. April 18, the Bath Police Department received a report of a male who had fallen into the Kennebec River from a floating dock located by the north parking lot of the Kennebec Tavern in Bath. There were two witnesses to the male falling in the river, two adult males who identified themselves as the victim’s coworkers. They described what had happened to responding police officers. They said they were standing on the dock when their colleague fell in. No foul play is suspected. The...
Wiscasset Police Blotter March 25-April 7
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 7:15pm
During the week of March 25-31, Chief Larry Hesseltine reported the following activity:
Arrests
Melissa Green, 46, of Wiscasset for Domestic Violence Assault and Criminal Mischief (Domestic Violence) Dominique Green, 43, of Wiscasset for Domestic Violence Assault Casey Leavitt, 27, of Wiscasset for Violating Condition of Release and Operating after Suspension
Summonses
Michael Dunning, 28, of Wiscasset for inspection Jeffrey Grady, 46, of Boothbay for speed...
Lincoln County Commissioners
Brackett introduces new ARC recovery counselor
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 2:30pm
During the April 16 Lincoln County commissioners’ meeting, Sheriff Todd Brackett introduced the Addiction Recovery Center’s new recovery counselor, Theresa Arita. Arita replaced Bill Ellsworth, who died in a car crash in Nobleboro in December. She will be working with Angie Musto, who has been running the program with the support of volunteers since Ellsworth’s death. The support groups are still looking for male volunteers, especially for the male peer to peer recovery meetings, in Waldoboro,...
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Four arrests
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 12:45pm
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 259 calls for service between April 9 and April 16. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 4,819 calls for service. Arrests Curtis H. Moody, 50, of Jefferson was arrested April 11 on a Lincoln County District Court warrant for Criminal Mischief, on Rockland Road, Jefferson, by Deputy David Bellows. Aaron W. Ashton, 37, of Alna was arrested April 12 for Domestic Violence Criminal Threatening and Violating...
Capital Judicial Center
Decision in Kendall Chick murder case expected April 30
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 8:45am
The bench trial of Shawna Gatto, 44, of Wiscasset, concluded Monday, April 8, with her defense lawyers trying to sow doubt about who may have killed 4-year-old Kendall Chick on Dec. 8, 2017. Gatto was arrested on Dec. 10, 2017, and charged with depraved indifference murder – that Gatto’s actions showed a depraved indifference to the value of human life. Early in the trial, the state presented evidence from EMTs and hospital staff, including graphic photographs of what both the state and defense...
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Four arrests
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 1:45pm
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 364 calls for service between April 2 and April 9. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 4,560 calls for service. Summonses Gary A. Balducci Jr., 40, of Edgecomb was issued a summons April 4 for Operating Vehicle without License, on River Road, Newcastle, by Deputy David Bellows. Jason B. Chamness, 41, of Boothbay was issued a summons April 6 for Failure to Register Vehicle, on Wiscasset Road, Boothbay,...
Capital Judicial Center
Gatto’s lawyer opens door to manslaughter conviction in closing
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 3:00pm
During the closing arguments of Shawna Gatto’s trial for the murder of 4-year-old Kendall Chick, the defense mounted a two-tier close. The state cited the medical, physical, timing, and family dynamic in maintaining Gatto likely inflicted the fatal injuries to Chick and most of the non-fatal ones, including a severe head injury. The state argued Stephen Hood had much to answer for, and could be tried for other crimes, but he was not present during most of the injuries and was in a submissive...
Capital Judicial Center
Defense rests in Gatto case
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 11:00am
In a brief opening statement for Kendall Chick’s alleged murderer Shawna Gatto on Monday, defense attorney Philip Cohen asserted that while “human nature” wanted someone to blame for the death of the 4-year-old, the legal system required more. “Human nature is in conflict with the principles of our legal system,” he said. “There should be proof beyond a reasonable doubt. In this case, we don’t know the time of the injury. We don’t know the cause of the injury. We don’t know who caused it. There...
Lincoln County Democratic Committee
Public safety advocacy workshop April 15
Sunday, April 7, 2019 - 8:30am
The second session in a series of workshops titled “Our Voice, Our Legislature” will take place on Monday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Newcastle Fire Station, 86 River Road. The public is invited to attend any or all of the free sessions which are organized around topics featuring guest advocates as presenters along with elected officials and other local experts. Public safety is the topic to be addressed on April 15. Guest speakers Sheriff Todd Brackett, District...
Capital Judicial Center
‘Brutal’ cross for Chick’s grandfather
Friday, April 5, 2019 - 4:45pm
Stephen Hood, grandfather to 4-year-old Kendall Chick, faced cross-examination by Philip Cohen for the defense Friday morning. Hood's fiancée Shawna Gatto is on trial for murder in Chick's death on Dec. 8, 2017. During the state’s direct examination, Hood acknowledge speaking to Gatto and visiting her at Two Bridges Regional Jail on both Wednesday evening and Thursday during the court break. Assistant Attorney General John Alsop asked why Hood had not taken the child to see a doctor in the...
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Mark your calendars and join us for a delicious breakfast, Sunday, June 16, 7-9 AM @ The American...
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Spruce Point Inn - Maine’s Classic Oceafront Resort
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We read about a frequent visitor to the Harvard Art Museums who for more than 30 years has made the...
Jazz in June: MoJO in the Amphitheatre
Camden Opera House
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Jazz in June concludes with free performance by Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra (MoJO) in the Camden...
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