Police, Fire and Courts

• County receives five bids for cruisers

  Fri, 06/05/2020 - 7:00am

  

  Lincoln County commissioners received five sealed bids from Maine dealerships June 2 for buying three new police SUVs. Newcastle Chrysler of Newcastle was the low bidder, with $28,589 for each of three 2020 Dodge Durango all-wheel drive pursuit SUVs. Darlings Ford of Bangor bid $32,679 per vehicle for Ford Interceptors. Darlings Dodge of Augusta bid $30,976 per vehicle for 2020 Dodge Durango All-Wheel Pursuits. O’Connors of Augusta bid $38,954 for 2021 Chevy Tahoes. And Qurik of Augusta bid $33...

• Wiscasset head-on crash claims Edgecomb man

  Wed, 06/03/2020 - 4:30pm

  ​About 11:08 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, Wiscasset Police Department was dispatched to a two-vehicle accident on Bath Road near Wiscasset House of Pizza. ​ Laughlynn Bragg, 26, of Wiscasset was driving a 2007 Dodge Caliber south on Bath Road. Thomas Sikes, 71, of Edgecomb was driving a 2006 Toyota Tacoma north on Bath Road. The vehicles hit head-on. ​ Sikes died at the scene. Bragg was transported t o MidCoast Hospital in Brunswick with non-life-threatening injuries. ​ Both vehicles were totaled...

• Maine criminal justice community releases joint statement: ‘Change starts with us’

  Wed, 06/03/2020 - 11:30am

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine criminal justice community, which includes the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, the Maine Sheriffs Association, the Maine Prosecutors Association, and the Maine Department of Public Safety, stand united with Maine people in mourning the senseless and unjust death of George Floyd. Together, we condemn the actions of those law enforcement officers responsible for Mr. Floyd’s death. We offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Floyd. We cannot ignore the...

• Wiscasset police blotter

  Tue, 06/02/2020 - 12:15pm

  

  Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for May 16-31: Summonses On May 24, Officer Barnes summonsed Chad Duncan, 51, of Newcastle for motor vehicle speeding 30-plus mph over speed limit. On May 27, Officer Hubert summonsed Douglas Humphrey, 56, of Lewiston for operating a motorcycle without a license. Arrests: On May 17, Officer Barnes arrested John Salyers, 31, of Wiscasset for domestic violence assault-priors, assault on an officer, refusing to submit to arrest or...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office

  Tue, 06/02/2020 - 12:15pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 283 calls for service for the period of May 26 to June 2. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 4,399 calls for service. Summonses Jeremy D. Hallowell, 41, of Somerville was issued a summons May 28 for Operating under the Influence, on Jones Road, Somerville, for an incident that took place on April 13 in Somerville, by Detective Scott Hayden. Timothy A. Ambrose, 26, of Boothbay Harbor was issued a...

• Lincoln County Lifesaver program finds East Boothbay woman

  Fri, 05/29/2020 - 1:00pm

  

  A Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency search team was a real lifesaver May 27 for an 82-year-old East Boothbay woman. Lincoln County Communications received an emergency call around 11 a.m. from the woman’s husband reporting his wife, who has a cognitive impairment, was missing. The woman is one of four participants in the county’s Project Lifesaver program. In 2018, Lifesaver began as a pilot program to aid public safety officials in locating people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease,...

• Maine Judicial Branch releases phased re-opening plan for courts

  Thu, 05/28/2020 - 11:45am

  The Maine Judicial Branch announced May 27 the release of the State of Maine Judicial Branch COVID-19 Phased Management Plan. The plan creates a five-phased process for reopening Maine Courts and is based on the most recent scientific data available from the Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and stakeholder input. The plan is available on the Judicial Branch website here: https://www.courts.maine.gov/covid19/covid-management-plan.pdf The plan sets out guidelines that must be...

• Boothbay Harbor police blotter

  Tue, 05/26/2020 - 2:00pm

  Boothbay Harbor Police Department made one arrest between April 1 and May 21. On April 11, Officer Tom Chryplewicz arrested Kyle Gornto, 27, of Boothbay Harbor for violating conditions of release. The department responded to the following emergencies: 911 check, 19; animal complaint, seven; administrative, two; alarm, burglar, 12; assist citizen, 45; compliance check inmate, seven; property check, 190; criminal mischief, two; community paramedicine, two; community policing, 11; disabled motor...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Two arrests

  Tue, 05/26/2020 - 1:30pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 257 calls for service for the period of May 18 to May 26. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 4,116 calls for service. Summonses Christian S. Ayer, 21, of Harpswell was issued a summons May 21 for Sexual Abuse of a Minor, which occurred in Dresden, by Detective Scott Hayden. Courtney E. Peaslee, 28, of Whitefield was issued a summons May 23 for Theft by Unauthorized Taking or Transfer, on Hilton Road,...

• Courthouse slowly reopening to public

  Thu, 05/21/2020 - 8:00am

  

  On May 18, Lincoln County Courthouse’s doors opened to the Registries of Deeds and Probate for people who made appointments. The courts are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12 to 4 p.m. and by appointment during those same hours. County officials are requiring that, prior to entering, visitors have their temperature taken, answer screening questions, wear a mask and not bring bags into the facility. County Administrator Carrie Kipfer updated commissioners May 19 about efforts to...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Mon, 05/18/2020 - 3:15pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 176 calls for service for the period of May 12 to May 18. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 3,859 calls for service. Summonses Aaron M. Esposito, 37, of Waterville was issued summonses May 17 for Criminal Threatening and Violating Condition of Release, on South Clary Road, Jefferson, by Deputy Jerold Winslow. Glenn M. Lewis, 64, of Waldoboro was issued a summons May 17 for Attaching False Plates, on...

• Wiscasset police blotter

  Mon, 05/18/2020 - 1:15pm

  

  Arrests On May 2, Sgt. Hatch arrested Lucas Shepherd, 21, of Portland for assault. On May 4, Officer Barnes summonsed Samuel Santis-Aguilar, 34, of Chicago, Illinois for motor vehicle speeding 30-plus mph over speed limit. On May 5, Officer Barnes arrested Glenn Lewis, 64, of Waldoboro for violating condition of release, unlawful possession of scheduled drug and attaching false plates. On May 7, Officer Barnes arrested Zoe Hendricks,18, of Bowdoin for violating condition of release. Also May 7...

• LCSO arrests man in Dresden for stolen gun

  Fri, 05/15/2020 - 2:45pm

  

  On Thursday, May 14 at 1:10 p.m., Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Calls Hill Road in Dresden for a report of a stolen gun. The gun was allegedly stolen by a relative living in the area. An investigation found Frank Foss Jr., 25, formerly of Milo, had allegedly stolen the gun. Foss was found living nearby in a small shack. Foss has been out on bail stemming from an incident in Milo in December 2019 where he is accused of killing a cat and shooting at his wife and kids while drunk...

• UPDATED: Amber Alert canceled

  Fri, 05/15/2020 - 6:15am

  UPDATE: From Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland: Maine’s Amber Alert has been canceled. The missing 3-year-old was located safe a short time ago. Additional details will be released later in the morning. Original post: State Police have issued an Amber Alert for a 3-year-old girl who may be endangered and is with her parents, who were last seen in Van Buren Thursday night . The girl is Audrey Laferriere with blonde hair and brown eyes. The girl and her parents are...

• Wiscasset, China men arrested, charged with child porn possession

  Thu, 05/14/2020 - 2:30pm

  The State Police Computer Crimes Unit, working with Homeland Security, has charged two men this week with possessing child pornography. The arrests took place in Wiscasset and China following investigations which started in March. The two cases are unrelated. In Wiscasset May 13, Casey Leavitt, 28, of Lowell Town Road was arrested at his home. He was taken to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset and has a court date scheduled for July. Investigators found over 100 alleged images of young...

• Shawna Gatto loses appeal in Kendall Chick, Wiscasset murder

  Tue, 05/12/2020 - 4:15pm

  

  Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court’s conviction of Shawna Gatto in the murder of Kendall Chick, 4, of Wiscasset in 2017. The state’s ruling, available at courts.maine.gov, states in part: “Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, the record is sufficient to support the trial court’s conclusion that the State had proved all elements of depraved indifference murder beyond a reasonable doubt ... Furthermore, the trial court did not abuse its...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Four arrests

  Tue, 05/12/2020 - 12:30pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 406 calls for service for the period of April 28 to May 12. Year to date, LSCO has responded to 3,683 calls for service. Arrests Matthew A. Plummer, 37, of Westport Island was arrested May 4 for Violating Condition of Release and Refusing to Submit to Arrest or Detention, on Gardiner Road, Dresden, by Detective Scott Hayden. Jason Walsh, 37, of Wiscasset was arrested May 6 for Violating Condition of...

• Boothbay man hurt in single-vehicle accident

  Thu, 05/07/2020 - 12:30pm

  

  A Boothbay man was hurt May 5 in a single-vehicle accident on Route 27. Larry Smith, 77, was traveling south in Boothbay around 3 p.m. when a medical event resulted in his 2019 white Nissan pickup truck drifting into the north side ditch, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department accident report. Smith’s vehicle ended up just past Giles Road with extensive front end damage and tipped up into a tree. “He left the road and went through a ditch which acted like a ramp catapulting it...

• Wiscasset Ambulance Service: Seek care for medical emergencies

  Fri, 05/01/2020 - 12:45pm

  

  COVID-19 aka the coronavirus has certainly upended our way of life and will likely continue to do so for some time to come. It is hard to keep up with information concerning the virus as new data is being released every day, sometimes contradicting data or information that was released only a couple of days before. In some parts of the country and in some segments of society, COVID-19 has been devastating. However, across the country an equally devastating trend is also developing. People who...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Several accidents

  Tue, 04/28/2020 - 12:45pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 337 calls for service for the period of April 14 – April 28. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 3,277 calls for service. Summonses Charles S. Hammond, 28, of Boston, Massachusetts was issued a summons April 19 for Operating Motor Vehicle beyond Class Restriction, on Pond Road, Newcastle, by Sgt. Kevin Dennison. A 17-year-old male juvenile from Waldoboro was issued a summons April 26 for Possession of...

• Democrats to honor Sheriff Todd Brackett with Frances Perkins Award at virtual dinner

  Sat, 04/18/2020 - 8:15am

  

  The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) has announced Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett as the recipient of the 2020 Frances Perkins Award. The biennial tradition recognizes a Lincoln County Democrat who exemplifies, through their efforts, the continuing legacy of Frances Perkins. Grounded by summers with her grandmother in Newcastle, Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor, was the lead advocate of the New Deal for Social Security, the 40-hour work week, workers’ compensation, and...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three accidents

  Tue, 04/14/2020 - 1:30pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 195 calls for service between April 6 and April 14. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,940 calls for service. Summonses A 16-year-old male juvenile from Bristol was issued a summons April 8 for Minor Possessing Liquor, by Deputy Caleb Poirier. Tanner B. Geyer, 18, of Bristol was issued a summons April 8 for Minor Possessing Liquor, by Deputy Caleb Poirier. Hunter W. Prentice, 23, of Bristol was...

• Sheriff reaches out to Edgecomb

  Wed, 04/08/2020 - 12:45pm

  

  Meeting via teleconference on Monday evening, April 6, Edgecomb selectmen focused on”issues of immediate concern in maintaining town operations during this time.” Fire Chief Roy Potter said there is one confirmed case of COVID-19 in Edgecomb, which was handled by his department. As of April 3, the department had an adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) but was waiting for more. Potter explained he has established a protocol for Edgecomb firefighters to respond to COVID-19 calls...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Mon, 04/06/2020 - 2:15pm

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 167 calls for the period of March 31-April 6 and Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,745 calls for service. Arrests Theodore E. Poland, 52, of Nobleboro was arrested April 2 for Domestic Violence Assault, on River Road, Newcastle, by Deputy Jonathan Colby. Ryan S. Blake, 32, of Whitefield was arrested April 5 on a Hallowell Police Department warrant for Violation of a Protection Order, on Heath Road...

• BHPD wishes administrative assistant Maureen Smith well in retirement

  Mon, 04/06/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Longtime Boothbay Harbor Police Department administrative assistant Maureen Smith has retired and Chief Bob Hasch thanked her and posted “best wishes on your next adventure” on the department’s Facebook page this past week. Smith, who worked the past 19 years at the BHPD, was in the law enforcement and public safety field for a total of 33 years. She was a communications officer for Lincoln County and was an administrative assistant at another police department. She has also been a stout...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Stolen port-a-potty

  Tue, 03/31/2020 - 12:30pm

  The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 188 calls for service for the period of March 24 to March 31. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,578 calls for service. On March 24, Deputy Chad Gilbert was dispatched to a report of a theft of a port-a-potty (value: $600) in the Nobleboro area. Further investigation if leads develop. Summons Staci L. Murray, 38, of Waldoboro was issued a summons March 24 for Furnishing a Place for Minors to Consume/Possess Liquor, at the Lincoln County...

• Hodgdon Yacht Services responds to request for personal protective equipment

  Fri, 03/27/2020 - 6:00pm

  

  On Wednesday, March 25, Lincoln County EMA Emergency Operations Center issued a request for new, unused Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to assist frontline Emergency Medical, fire department, and law enforcement first responders, health care providers and health care facilities responding to COVID-19. Hodgdon Yacht Services of Southport responded to that call Friday and dropped off disposable gloves and N95 face masks. “The equipment is used this time of year as we get ready for spring...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: One arrest

  Tue, 03/24/2020 - 1:00pm

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 183 calls for service for the period of March 17 to March 24. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,390 calls for service. Arrest Regina C. Stewart, 33, of Jefferson was arrested March 17 on a Wiscasset District Court warrant for a Non-Contempt Order, at the Kennebec County Jail, Augusta, by Transport Deputy Julie Groleau. Summonses Thomas P. Montuori, 40, of Bristol was issued a summons March 18 for...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Tue, 03/17/2020 - 1:00pm

  The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 164 calls for service for the period of March 10 to March 17. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,207 calls for service. Summons 03/14/20, Tarah L. Diffin, 41, of Dresden was issued a summons for Operating while License is Suspended or Revoked – Prior, on Blinn Hill Road, Dresden, by Detective Scott Hayden. Arrests Daniel J. Gifford, 30, of Damariscotta was arrested March 10 on a Lincoln County District Court warrant for Failure to Appear, on...

• Boothbay Harbor police blotter

  Fri, 03/13/2020 - 5:00pm

  The Boothbay Harbor Police Department made one arrest between Jan. 29 and March 11. On March 6, Officer John Braley arrested John Brewer, 48, of Boothbay for operating under the influence. The department responded to the following emergency calls: 911 check, 17; animal complaint, four; alarm, burglar, 18; assist citizen, 11; assist other agency, one; burglary, one; compliance check on inmate, seven; property check, 99; criminal mischief, one; community policing, five; concealed weapons permit,...

• Boothbay conditionally approves county EMA pandemic response plan

  Fri, 03/13/2020 - 8:15am

  

  Boothbay selectmen were underwhelmed by a proposed Boothbay Region Pandemic Response Plan March 11, but gave it conditional approval anyway. Southport and Boothbay Harbor select boards had previously approved the plan drafted by the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency in response to the coronavirus. The plan was developed on information from Maine State Center for Disease Control, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and United Nations World...
• Lincoln County courts

  Indictments include drug trafficking charge following 2019 Jefferson death

  Thu, 03/12/2020 - 7:45am

  A Lincoln County grand jury rose March 11 with an indictment charging an Augusta woman with trafficking a drug the charge claims contributed to a death. The single-count indictment alleges on or about last April 18, Brooke V. Olum, 30, trafficked in cocaine base, a schedule W drug, “and death was in fact caused to Austin Bond by the use of one or more scheduled drugs and the schedule W drug trafficked by the defendant was a contributing factor to the death ...” According to Lincoln County...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Four arrests

  Tue, 03/10/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 191 calls for service for the period of March 3 to March 10. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,043 calls for service. Summonses Moniqua Dube, 27, of Somerville was issued a summons March 6 for Negotiating a Worthless Instrument, on Rockland Road, Whitefield, by Deputy Chad Gilbert. Wesley A. Hurd, 43, of Westport Island was issued summonses March 6 for Failing to Make Oral or Written Accident...

• Sheriff airs concerns about two legislative bills

  Mon, 03/09/2020 - 2:45pm

  

  Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett is all for reforming the criminal justice system, but he’s against a couple of proposals working their way through the Maine Legislature. Brackett updated the Lincoln County commissioners March 3 about two proposals he described as detrimental to the county jails. One proposal is based on a recent criminal justice survey. The Criminal Justice Committee is working a bill based on survey results studying Maine’s county jails. Initial language in the bill would...
• Lincoln County courts

  Closed cases

  Mon, 03/09/2020 - 7:45am

  Corey H. Ater, 32, of Phippsburg, charges of violating protection from abuse order and violating condition of release in Wiscasset, dismissed. Olivia T. Coniam, 24, of Alna, charge of domestic violence assault in Alna, guilty, fined $500. Kristina M. Donahue, 40, of Waldoboro, charge of negotiating a worthless instrument in Damariscotta, dismissed. Kimberly Galindo, 26, of Boothbay, charge of operating vehicle without license in Wiscasset, dismissed. Eric S. Duval, 38, Boothbay Harbor, charge...

• Couple loses home to Sunny Acres Lane fire

  Fri, 03/06/2020 - 11:30am

  

  A Sunny Acres Lane home in Boothbay is a total loss following a March 5 fire. Boothbay firefighters were joined by six other departments in battling the fire which began around midnight at the home of Justin Clark and his fiancée Naomi Mackin. Boothbay Fire Chief Dick Spofford reported the fire marshal investigated the scene Thursday, but no cause has been determined. The home’s fire alarm sounded which prompted Clark to leave his upstairs bedroom to investigate. “He went downstairs and...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Five arrests

  Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:15pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 211 calls for service for the period of Feb. 25 to March 3. Year to date, LCSO has responded the 1,852 calls for service. Summonses Adam C. Buckley, 32, of Gardiner was issued a summons Feb. 25 for Operating under the Influence, on Blueberry Lane, Whitefield, by Deputy Caleb Fortin. Amy Mitchell, 53, of South Bristol was issued a summons Feb. 26 for Assault (x2), on Gardiner Road, Wiscasset, by...

• State boat catches fire in Boothbay Harbor

  Thu, 02/27/2020 - 12:15pm

  The 35-foot patrol vessel Monitor caught fire Monday morning, Feb. 24 w hile at the dock at Department of Marine Resources’ Boothbay Harbor facility, DMR spokesman Jeff Nichols said Thursday, Feb. 27. No one was on board at the time, Nichols said in an email response. The fire was reported by a DMR staff member at 8:40 a.m., was extinguished by Boothbay Harbor Fire Department and was towed to Hodgdon Yacht Services on Southport, Nichols said. “The cause of the fire appears to be...

• Wiscasset police blotter

  Thu, 02/27/2020 - 8:15am

  

  Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Feb. 1-15: Summonses: On Feb. 1, Chief Hesseltine summonsed Serene Hart, 36, of Harpswell for attaching false plates. On Feb. 1, Chief Hesseltine summonsed Devin Alexander, 30, of Wiscasset for operating vehicle with expired license. On Feb. 5, Chief Hesseltine summonsed Joel Williams, 47, of Edgecomb for operating while suspended or revoked. On Feb. 12, Officer Barnes summonsed Anna Cushman, 50, of Camden for speeding 30+ mph over speed...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Tue, 02/25/2020 - 12:45pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 162 calls for service for the period of Feb. 18 to Feb. 25. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 1,641 calls for service. Arrests Hector R. Bohan, 30, of Whitefield was arrested Feb. 18 for Violating Condition of Release, at the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Wiscasset, by Transport Deputy James Read. Dee McInnis, 35, of Somerville was arrested Feb. 19 on a Kennebec County warrant for Failure to...

• Hull case back in court Feb. 28

  Tue, 02/25/2020 - 4:45am

  

  A criminal case against lawyer Jonathan Hull, 73, of Newcastle could move closer to its end Feb. 28 with a conference at Lincoln County Courthouse. Assistant District Attorney A.J. Chalifour said in a phone interview Feb. 21, the parties may meet partly in open court and partly in chambers; the conference could help resolve the case or help move it toward trial, Chalifour explained. No plea deal has been reached, Chalifour said. A phone message to Hull’s defense lawyer James Mason of Brunswick...

• Moosehead Lake snowmobile crash kills Wiscasset man

  Mon, 02/24/2020 - 7:45am

  

  MOOSEHEAD LAKE – A Wiscasset man is dead Feb. 23 following a fatal snowmobile crash on Moosehead Lake. Gregory Lemar, age 59, of Wiscasset, was operating a late model Arctic Cat 800 snowmobile toward Rockwood from Greenville shortly after 5 p.m., according to a news release from the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. His wife, Wanda Lemar, was on a second snowmobile following behind. Initial findings by game wardens indicate Gregory Lamar hit a pressure ridge at a high rate of speed...
• Lincoln County courts

  Closed cases

  Sat, 02/22/2020 - 2:30pm

  The Lincoln County court clerk’s office provided this information on recently closed cases: Gwendolyn Akin, 69, of Bristol, charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer in Damariscotta, dismissed. Stanley Billings, 60, of Newcastle, charge of assault in Damariscotta, dismissed. Joshua Dwyer, 40, of Saco, charge of terrorizing in Damariscotta, dismissed. Cheryl L. McFarland, 52, of Sangerville, charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer/priors, in Damariscotta, dismissed. Martin J...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: 10 arrests

  Wed, 02/19/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 470 calls for service for the period of Feb. 4 through Feb. 19. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 1,479 calls for service. Summonses A 17-year-old male juvenile from Bristol was issued a summons Feb. 6 for Domestic Violence Assault, in Bristol, by Deputy Jonathan Colby. Nathaniel Pitcher, 19, of Boothbay Harbor was issued a summons Feb. 7 for Possession of Marijuana, on Barters Island Road, Boothbay...
• Lincoln County Courts

  January closed cases

  Mon, 02/10/2020 - 11:15am

  The following information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail. Jeremiah Lucas, 22, of Edgecomb, guilty of Criminal Mischief, sentenced to jail for 30 days. In a separate matter, guilty of OUI (alcohol), fined $500, all suspended, and license suspended for 150 days, and Violating Conditions of Release, unconditional discharge; guilty of Operating After Habitual Offender Revocation with prior, sentenced...
• Lincoln County Commissioners

  EMA talks search and rescue drone

  Wed, 02/05/2020 - 12:15pm

  

  Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Casey Stevens on Feb. 4 discussed the importance of moving toward a drone program for search and rescue. He said the drone could detect body heat or smoldering structure or forest fires, take sharp photos from 200 feet away, or see items in dim light. Stevens said that, due to the cost of drones of this type, he is seeking Homeland Security funds. He said other agencies, such as Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District, could use the drone...
• Lincoln County Courts

  Rigas sentenced in police standoff, witness tampering

  Tue, 02/04/2020 - 5:15pm

  

  Konstantinos Rigas, 31, of Boothbay Harbor was sentenced Feb. 3 for a series of convictions stemming from a May 15 police standoff in which Rigas threatened a woman with a bayonet and held police off for hours, causing the victim to escape through a third floor window and stopping traffic on Oak Street. According to court documents, Rigas was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for Domestic Violence Assault with priors, for which he was sentenced to five years, all but two suspended,...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Tue, 02/04/2020 - 11:45am

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 224 calls for service for the period of Jan. 28 to Feb. 4. Year to date, LCSO as responded to 1,009 calls for service. Arrests Mathew R. Grenier, 26, of Brunswick was arrested Jan. 28 on a Cumberland County warrant for Violating Condition of Release for a Domestic Violence Assault charge, at Two Bridges Regional Jail, Wiscasset, by Deputy Caleb Poirier. Garret Lundborg, 22, of Somerville was arrested...

• Wiscasset Police Blotter Jan. 16-31

  Mon, 02/03/2020 - 4:30pm

  Chief Larry Hesseltine reported the following activity for the dates of Jan. 16-31. Accidents: On Jan. 23, police responded to a crash at the intersection of Bath Road and Page Avenue. Alaine Pinkham, 43, of Georgetown was driving her 2007 Honda SUV southbound when Caitlyn Jennings, 27, of Oxford turned her 2009 Ford SUV left from the northbound lane and failed to yield the right of way. A third vehicle driven by Michael St. Cyr, 32, of Warren, was also northbound, following too closely...
• AOS 98

  Maine schools receive threats, MSMA reports

  Fri, 01/31/2020 - 4:15pm

  

  Boothbay Region High and Elementary, Southport and Georgetown central and Edgecomb Eddy schools underwent standard security measures after threats were made to over a dozen Maine schools. Superintendent Keith Laser said he received a call from Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 11 a.m. apprising him of the situation and that no AOS 98 schools were named in the threats. Laser said shortly thereafter he received a call from School Resource Officer Larry Brown and then an email from Maine School...

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