Police, Fire and Courts

• Barters Island fire deemed accidental

  Wed, 01/13/2021 - 11:15am

  Boothbay Fire Chief Dick Spofford said this week, the Dec. 31 fire in an apartment at 21 West Side Road, Barters Island, Boothbay was accidental. Spofford said the fire started around a cook stove, according to an insurance adjuster. The Maine Office of State Fire Marshal did not send an investigator, said Spofford.

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: 11 accidents

  Tue, 01/12/2021 - 2:30pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 139 calls for service for the period of Jan. 5 to Jan. 12. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 218 calls for service. Arrests Stoney B. Vega, 41, of Rockland was arrested Jan. 5 on a Warrant for Probation Violation by Deputy James Read, at Two Bridges Regional Jail, Wiscasset. Daniel Murphy, 47, of Edgecomb was arrested Jan. 8 for Operating Under the Influence, on Federal Street, in Wiscasset, by Sgt...

• Sheriff’s Department extends addiction recovery pact with Mid Coast Hospital

  Thu, 01/07/2021 - 7:15am

  Lincoln County commissioners began the new year by renewing a contract with a Brunswick hospital. Commissioners voted 2-0 to provide $160,178 in funding for Mid Coast Hospital’s addiction recovery center. The agreement includes a small funding increase. Sheriff Todd Brackett explained the funds pay for two full-time counselors. The funding increase is due to licensure for counselors who will now provide recognition and cognitive therapies. These services will be expanded to include one-on-one...

• Local reaction to U.S. Capitol siege

  Wed, 01/06/2021 - 9:00pm

  

  Alna Third Selectman Greg Shute said he was of two minds Wednesday on whether or not the board should meet as scheduled that night, hours into a siege on the U.S. capitol building. He could see canceling the meeting, but holding it would have its own meaning. “Tonight’s a really unprecedented night in our country’s history, and I just want to highlight that. It’s something that caused me pause, and ... I don’t know what the right answer was, whether to postpone this meeting or not ... and I...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Tue, 01/05/2021 - 1:30pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 138 calls for service for the period of Dec. 29 to Jan. 5. Summonses Martin D. Hisler, 51, of Somerville was summonsed Dec. 29 for Failing to Notify of Motor Vehicle Accident, on Valley Road, in Somerville, by Deputy Chad Gilbert. James L. Littlefield, 21, of Boothbay was summonsed Jan. 2 for Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Accident and Violating Conditions of Release, on Hardwick Road, in...

• TBRJ has two COVID-19 cases

  Mon, 01/04/2021 - 3:00pm

  As of Monday Jan. 4, Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset was reporting two confirmed positive cases of COVID-19: One staff member and one inmate, the jail’s administrator, Col. James Bailey announced in a press release. “TBRJ, in response and following our pandemic plan, is closing the facility to the public and all non-essential personnel to limit exposures. We are conducting further (testing) of staff and inmates at this time. The length of our facility closure to the public is unknown at...

• Wiscasset police blotter

  Mon, 01/04/2021 - 2:00pm

  

  Wiscasset police reported the following for Dec. 15-31: Arrests Dec. 20, Matthew Sampson, 53, of Wiscasset was arrested for Domestic Violence Criminal Threatening with Priors, by Officer Jonathan Barnes. Dec. 26, Lawrence Eckert, 47, of Wiscasset was arrested for Domestic Violence Assault, by Officer Scott Getchell. Dec. 31, Dean Caton, 23, of Wiscasset was arrested for Assault, by Officer Getchell. Summonses Dec. 22, Alton Lane, 21, of Bar Mills was summonsed for Theft by Unauthorized Taking...

• Update: Apartment fire extinguished on Barters Island, Boothbay; cause unkown

  Thu, 12/31/2020 - 2:15pm

  

  UPDATE: Boothbay Fire Chief Dick Spofford said Thursday afternoon that the cause of the fire at 21 West Side Road, Barters Island, Boothbay was still unknown and that a State Fire Marshal will investigate on Monday, Jan. 4. According to Spofford, occupants Stan Sr. and Loriann Barter were in the lower part of the two-story apartment/garage when they smelled smoke. When Stan went to the apartment, he found fire around the stove and the kitchen cabinets had caught on fire. Spofford, one of the...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Tue, 12/29/2020 - 10:45am

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 359 calls for service for the period of Dec. 14 to Dec. 29. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 13,337 calls for service. Summonses Helen M. Morrow, 71, of Jefferson was summonsed Dec. 22 for Operating under the Influence, on South Clary Road, in Jefferson, by Deputy Jerold Winslow. Stacey A. Miller, 48, of Waldoboro was summonsed Dec. 22 for Theft by Deception, on Friendship Road, in Waldoboro, by...

• Crime in Maine shows a continued decline

  Mon, 12/28/2020 - 1:30pm

  

  Crime continues to decrease in Maine for the eighth consecutive year, dropping -6.6% during 2019, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. The total decline during the past eight years is -56.1%. Crime dropped -9.3 in 2018, -8.2% in 2017, -8.7% in 2016, -7.1% in 2015, -13% in 2014, -8.3% in 2013, and -1.5% in 2012. The 18,468 crimes reported in 2019 represent a crime rate of 14 offenses per 1,000 people in Maine. That number compares to the national crime rate of 25 offenses per 1,...

• Boothbay Harbor Police Department arrests two on domestic violence charges

  Fri, 12/25/2020 - 1:00pm

  Boothbay Harbor Police Department made four arrests between Nov. 16 and Dec. 23. On Nov. 16, Officer Tom Chryplewicz arrested Thomas Hourihan, 31, of Wiscasset at 8:04 a.m. on a warrant for failure to appear. On Nov. 18, Sgt. Pat Higgins arrested Donna Desjardins, 51, of Boothbay Harbor at 7:58 p.m. for domestic violence assault. On Nov. 30, Officer Chryplewicz arrested Courtney Brown, 48, of Boothbay Harbor at 1:08 p.m. for domestic violence assault. On Dec. 11, Officer Doug Snyder arrested...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Four arrests

  Tue, 12/22/2020 - 9:30am

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: Summons Suzanne M. Leathers, 56, of Farmingdale was summonsed Dec. 15 for Theft by Deception, Violating Condition of Release and Making Material Misstatement of Fact. Mrs. Leathers was summonsed in Augusta, by Detective Scott Hayden, for an incident, which took place in Whitefield, in September. Arrests Jeffery H. Dorr, 39 of South Thomaston was arrested Dec. 16 on a warrant on High St in Wiscasset by Detective Scott Hayden. Vincent A. Hilt, 26, of...

• Myette, Wright file complaint in Lincoln County Superior Court

  Tue, 12/22/2020 - 8:00am

  

  Boothbay Harbor business owner Tom Myette and neighbor Chandler Wright are appealing a code enforcement decision on abutter Dennis Hilton and his business Harbor Crossing at 14 Todd Ave. Myette and Wright have filed a complaint in Lincoln County Superior Court. On Nov. 19, the town board of appeals denied Myette’s and Wright’s Oct. 22 appeal over Code Enforcement Officer Geoff Smith’s decision to lift a stop work order on Hilton’s construction. Myette’s and Wright’s attorney Kristin Collins of...
• Press release

  UPDATE: Names released in officer’s fatal shooting of Jefferson man in ‘armed confrontation’

  Fri, 12/18/2020 - 12:45pm

  

  UPDATE: Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office released the following additional information Friday afternoon: The deceased suspect involved in the armed confrontation with deputies early this morning in Jefferson is identified as 41-year-old Jacob E. McClure of Jefferson. Deputy David Bellows fatally wounded McClure during the confrontation. Bellows was accompanied at the residence by Sgt. Matthew Day and Deputy Jerold Winslow. No further information will be available until the completion of the...

• UPDATE: Snowmobile club gives its Santa to Alna family whose Santa disappeared

  Thu, 12/17/2020 - 11:30am

  

  UPDATE: Alna Snowmobile Club is giving its inflatable Santa Claus to the family whose Santa was stolen from a yard display, selectmen and a club spokesman confirmed the night of Dec. 17, hours after Jean and Alton King III reported the apparent theft. “We are so excited and grateful to the snowmobile club for the Santa,” Jean King told Wiscasset Newspaper. “As soon as he arrives we plan to set him up right away and continue to enjoy this holiday season.” That is what the club wants for the...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Seven accidents

  Tue, 12/15/2020 - 11:15am

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 254 calls for service for the period of Dec. 8 to Dec. 14. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 12,978 calls for service. Summonses Henry H. Leathers, 52, of Augusta was summonsed Dec. 7 for two counts of Theft by Deception and Violating Conditions of Release. Mr. Leathers was summonsed in Augusta, by Detective Scott Hayden, for an incident, which took place in Whitefield, in September. Paul. W. Thurlow...

• Wiscasset man, woman arrested in Maxwell’s Market armed robbery

  Fri, 12/11/2020 - 9:30am

  

  Wiscasset Police Department reported on its Facebook page Friday, that, just before 7 a.m. two Wiscasset residents were arrested and charged with armed robbery related to the Nov. 27 robbery of Maxwell’s Market in Wiscasset. The post continued: “Following an intense joint investigation with Wiscasset Police Department, Lincoln County Sherriff’s Office, Maine State Police and the State Police Crime lab, Shane Lemont, 41, and Kristin Crowley, 35, were taken into custody at their Wiscasset home...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Two arrests

  Tue, 12/08/2020 - 12:15pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 260 calls for service for the period of Dec. 1 to Dec. 8. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 12,724 calls for service. Summons Fermin A Sawtell, 45, of Dresden was summonsed Dec. 4 at the Sheriff’s Office for Failure to Comply with the Sex Offender Registry and Violating Conditions of Release, by Detective Ryan Chubbuck. Arrests Meghan Kerr, 21, of Princeton was arrested Dec. 4 for Violating Condition...

• UPDATE: Details released in Jefferson crash that killed horse

  Thu, 12/03/2020 - 9:00am

  

  Update: A horse pulling a buggy spooked for an unknown reason while leaving a private driveway on Route 17 in Jefferson about 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, and jumped out in front of a truck Donald Bosvert, 50, of Jefferson was driving eastbound, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Brendan Kane said in a phone interview Dec. 3. The impact killed the horse, Kane said. Neither Bosvert nor the buggy’s driver, Noah Hostepler, 22, of Jefferson was hurt, Kane said. Original post: Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt...

• Boothbay Harbor police pact talks at standstill

  Tue, 12/01/2020 - 3:00pm

  

  Boothbay Harbor and Teamsters Local Union No. 340 for Boothbay Harbor Police Department officers have reached a standstill for a collective bargaining agreement, said No. 340 President Brett Miller. Talks began in mid-July with the last meeting in the first week of November. BHPD’s proposal going into negotiations was to catch the pay scale up to the standards of surrounding towns, but after opting for mediation and coming together for one meeting, the town called off the mediation process,...

• Wiscasset police blotter

  Tue, 12/01/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Nov. 15-30: Summonses Nov. 17, Officer Jonathan Barnes summonsed John Richardson, 60, of Newport News, Virginia for Operating After Suspension. Nov. 21, Officer Nathan Willhoite summonsed Levi Swan, 26, of Jefferson for Operating After Suspension with Priors. Arrests Nov. 28, Officer Willhoite arrested Amber Golden, 28, of Wiscasset for OUI. Nov. 30, Officer Barnes and Officer Scott Getchell arrested Patricia Eon, 35, of Wiscasset on an...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Tue, 12/01/2020 - 11:30am

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 257 calls for service for the period of Nov. 23 to Nov. 30. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 12,464 calls for service. Arrests Michael K. O’Leary III, 23, of Augusta was arrested Nov. 26 for Operating under the Influence, on Augusta Road, in Jefferson, by Deputy Jonathan Colby. Maryellen Morey, 46, of Hull, Massachusetts was arrested Nov. 28 for Operating under the Influence, on Doyle Road, in...

• Hours-long standoff Saturday in Dresden; drug suspect escapes

  Mon, 11/30/2020 - 11:00am

  

  A man wanted on a warrant for a Class A drug charge out of Androscoggin County apparently escaped 353 Middle Road in Dresden Saturday, Nov. 28 after Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies arrived, Lt. Brendan Kane said. Nathon Taylor, 41, of Wiscasset remained missing, Kane said in Monday’s phone interview. Deputies arrived about 1:45 p.m., knocked on the trailer’s door and identified themselves, Kane said. “(Those inside) refused to come to the door, so (deputies) surrounded the house and set up a...

• Wiscasset police seek alleged gunman in Maxwell’s Market incident

  Fri, 11/27/2020 - 12:45pm

  

  Wiscasset Police Department reported around noon Friday, Nov. 27 on its Facebook page, that about 9:30 a.m., a male entered Maxwell’s Market on Gardiner Road and allegedly “brandished” a handgun and demanded cash. The post stated the person was last seen running north on Gardiner Road. Police are asking anyone who was in the area this morning and may have seen anything related to the incident, to call the department at 882-8202.

• Edgecomb man facing multiple charges after four-town, high-speed chase

  Tue, 11/24/2020 - 7:30am

  

  Authorities took Jeremy Owen, 38, of Edgecomb to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset Nov. 20 on charges of Eluding an Officer, Unlawful Possession of Scheduled Drugs, Criminal Speed, OUI (Drugs), Attaching False Plates, Operating After Suspension, Driving to Endanger, Possession of a Loaded Firearm in a Motor Vehicle, Criminal Mischief and Failure to Stop. At about 10:30 p.m., Wiscasset Police Officer Jonathan Barnes was traveling north on Lowelltown Road when he observed a vehicle traveling...

• Read receives Maine Sheriff’s Association award

  Fri, 11/20/2020 - 8:00am

  

  A Lincoln County deputy is so valuable, Sheriff Todd Brackett likens him to a “Swiss Army knife.” On Nov. 16, Brackett presented Deputy James Read with a long overdue award. In March, Read earned the Maine Sheriff Association’s (MSA) Community Service Award for his work in the department’s transport division. Read’s award was delayed when the MSA’s annual conference was cancelled due to the coronavirus. Brackett made the presentation during the Lincoln County commissioners’ meeting. Brackett...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Tue, 11/17/2020 - 12:30pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 279 calls for service for the period of Nov. 10 to Nov. 17. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 11,908 calls for service. Arrests Donald E. Prior, 47, of Bremen was arrested Nov. 10 on a warrant for Bail Violation at Two Bridges Regional Jail, in Wiscasset, by Deputy David Bellows. David L. Campbell, 39, of Bath was arrested Nov. 12 on a warrant for Violation of Bail at Two Bridges Regional Jail, in...

• Wiscasset police blotter

  Tue, 11/17/2020 - 9:00am

  

  Nov. 4, Officer Perry Hatch summonsed Jacob Kaler , 41, of Boothbay Harbor for Operating After Suspension. Nov. 7, Officer Nathan Willhoite summonsed Marie Jones, 20, of St. Arlington, Virginia f or Operating with an Expired License. Nov. 12, Willhoite summonsed Michael Musoloff , 37, of Wiscasset for Operating After Suspension. Nov. 14, Willhoite summonsed Jalaine Bryant, 55, of Whitefield for Operating After Suspension with Priors. Nov. 14, Willhoite arrested Benjamin Dauphin, 33, of...
• Press release

  Fatal workplace accident in Wiscasset

  Sun, 11/15/2020 - 8:30am

  

  A Yarmouth man was killed Friday, Nov. 13 in a workplace accident at Atlantic Motorcar Center, Wiscasset Police Department reported on its Facebook page Sunday morning. Since Monday, Nov. 9, James Thompson, 58, an employee of Theodore Logan & Son of Portland, had been painting the interior of the garage area, the post stated. Friday, “Thompson was working from a scissor lift about 12 feet off the floor in front of one of the garage doors, when the door suddenly started to open,” the post...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Six arrests

  Tue, 11/10/2020 - 3:15pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 361 calls for service for the period of Nov. 3 to Nov. 10. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 11,629 calls for service. Arrests Timothy J. Ferrell, 23, of Westport Island was arrested Nov. 3 on Bath Road in Wiscasset, for Violating Condition of Release, by Transport Sgt. Aaron Mortensen. Megan E. Dumais, 35, of Turner was arrested Nov. 4 for Operating under the Influence and Violating Conditions of...

• Wiscasset, Dresden women charged in connection with $28K theft case at Circle K

  Tue, 11/10/2020 - 1:30pm

  

  Wiscasset police received a report Nov. 4 of an alleged employee theft resulting in the loss of more than $28,000, the department reported on its Facebook page Nov. 10. “The Circle K management team did an excellent job putting all the pieces together and compiling evidence of the alleged thefts that occurred between Sept. 2 and Oct. 29,” the post read. On Nov. 5, Wiscasset police charged Abby Bragdon, 34, of Wiscasset with Class B theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. Bragdon, a Circle K...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Five arrests

  Wed, 11/04/2020 - 8:15am

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 367 calls for service for the period of Oct. 27 to Nov. 3. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 11,268 calls for service. Summonses Mark McConnell, 57, of Trotwood, Ohio was summonsed Oct. 27 for Operating Under the Influence, on Route 1, Newcastle, by Deputy Michael Godin. Cainin Griffin, 23, of Wiscasset was summonsed Oct. 31 for Violation of Conditions of Release on Boothbay Road, in Edgecomb, by...

• Wiscasset police blotter

  Tue, 11/03/2020 - 10:30am

  

  Wiscasset Police Department reported the following activity for Oct. 15-31: Oct. 15, Chief Larry Hesseltine summonsed Michael Pekich, 44, of Wiscasset for Theft by Unauthorized Taking. Oct. 16, Officer Nathan Willhoite arrested Jason Ladd, 36, of Wiscasset on a Lincoln County warrant. Oct. 25, Officer Jonathan Barnes arrested Christopher Ashton, 29, of Wiscasset for Domestic Violence Assault. Accidents Oct. 18, Sgt. Perry Hatch responded to a motorcycle accident on Old Bath Road. Jesse Cassidy...

• Barter returns to local police department after 20-year absence

  Tue, 11/03/2020 - 8:00am

  

  A Boothbay Harbor police officer has returned home to walk his old beat. Officer Brent Barter started his law enforcement career in 1996 working for the county jail, and later Boothbay Harbor Police Department. He worked in Boothbay Harbor for five years before taking a job with Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department. He worked as a deputy sheriff for nearly 15 years before moving his family to South Carolina. While moving south provided a warmer climate, it wasn’t necessarily a better one,...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Tue, 10/27/2020 - 1:15pm

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 304 calls for service for the period of Oct. 20 to Oct. 27. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 10,901calls for service. Summonses Sara M. Parlin, 24, of Newcastle was summonsed Oct. 22 for Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Accident, on State Route 32, in Bristol, by Deputy Eze VanBuckley. Tammy L. Richards, 56, of Waldoboro was summonsed Oct. 23 for Operating after Suspension, on Route 1, in...

• Boothbay Harbor police make four arrests

  Tue, 10/27/2020 - 1:00pm

  

  The Boothbay Harbor Police Department made four arrests between Sept. 16 and Oct. 25. On Sept. 18, officer Tom Chryplewicz arrested Meghan Oakes, 22, of Boothbay on Oak Street at 11:56 p.m. for operating under the influence. On Sept. 27, Chryplewicz arrested Asa Lucier, 28, of Boothbay Harbor at 7:58 a.m. on Townsend Avenue for a warrant probation revocation. On Oct. 12, Officer Doug Snyder arrested Corey Frizzell, 41, of Boothbay on Bradley Road at 11:29 p.m. for failure to appear warrant. On...

• Sheriff aims to replace department’s long barreled rifles with shorter ones

  Thu, 10/22/2020 - 8:45am

  

  Two new police cruisers have left Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett with a dilemma. Neither of the new Ford and Dodge models has enough space to mount the cases which hold rifles with 16-inch barrels. Brackett sought Lt. Brendan Kane’s advice. Kane proposed trading the rifles with 16-inch long barrels for 11-inch models. Brackett told county commissioners Oct. 20, he planned on replacing the department’s rifle stock in a “piecemeal” fashion. But the problem caused by the inability to mount...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Summonses at underage party in Boothbay

  Tue, 10/20/2020 - 10:45am

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 360 calls for service for the period of Oct. 12 to Oct. 20. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 10,597 calls for service. Summonses Cole Friant, 34, of Nobleboro was summonsed Oct. 14 for Operating a Moped or Scooter without a license, on State Rd 129, in South Bristol, by Deputy Jonathan Colby. On Oct. 17, Deputies were dispatched to a report of an underage drinking party on Ocean Point Road, in...

• Firefighter training held in Bath

  Mon, 10/19/2020 - 10:15am

  

  Area firefighters took part in Firefighter 1 and Firefighter 2 training at the Bath training facility Sunday, Oct. 18. Participating were Steve Alexander, Tom Brown, Chantelle Arsenault, Jesse Peters, Madison Gaudette, Gareth Hodgdon, Adam Lowery and Taylor Lowery. Instructors were Alex Arsenault, Joe Hall, Ryan Murphy and David Steinmetz.
• Boothbay Harbor Police Department

  California man dies after falling from sailboat mast

  Thu, 10/15/2020 - 2:00pm

  

  On Wednesday, Oct. 14, at approximately 3:56 p.m., Sgt. Higgins was dispatched to assist with a medical call at 125 Atlantic Avenue on the marina. Upon arrival he observed a male individual with injuries being attended to by his fiancé on the deck of a sailing vessel. Sgt. Higgins began life-saving efforts and was soon assisted by Marine Patrol Officer James Mayotte and the Boothbay Region Ambulance Service. An investigation has confirmed that the cause of death was a fall from height, and the...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Eight accidents

  Wed, 10/14/2020 - 7:45am

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 361 calls for service for the period of Oct. 6 to Oct. 12. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 10,237 calls for service. Summonses Henry Leathers, 51, of Farmingdale was summonsed Oct. 7 for Theft by Deception, on the Vigue Road in Whitefield by Detective Ryan Chubbuck. Craig Elliott, 76, of Bristol was summonsed Oct. 9 for Criminal Mischief, on the Bristol Road in Bristol by Deputy Eze VanBuckley...

• Boothbay Harbor police make 4 OUI arrests

  Tue, 10/13/2020 - 3:15pm

  

  Boothbay Harbor Police Department made five arrests from Aug. 16 to Sept. 16. On Aug 16, Officer Brent Barter arrested Heather Munroe, 53, of Rye, New Hampshire for operating under the influence. On Aug. 18, Barter arrested Brandi Foreman, 49. of North Hampton, Massachusetts for operating under the influence. On Aug. 22, Sgt. Pat Higgins arrested Barbara Cary, 62, of Boothbay Harbor for operating under the influence. On Sept. 1, Officer Doug Snyder arrested Daniel Boyle, 26, of Boothbay Harbor...

• Local landscaper injured in Southport accident, transported by Lifeflight of Maine

  Fri, 10/09/2020 - 1:45pm

  

  A local landscaper hurt while trimming brush was transported by Lifeflight of Maine Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 6 to Maine Medical Center in Portland. Southport First Responders attended to a male injured at a Hendricks Hill Road home. According to Fire Chief Gerry Gamage, the victim was a Hands of Thyme employee. The injury occurred when a piece of equipment came apart. “The saw blade separated from the shaft and crawled up his leg acting like a projectile slicing his calf and shin area,” Gamage...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Wed, 10/07/2020 - 8:30am

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 319 calls for service for the period of Sept. 29 to Oct. 6. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 9,876 calls for service. Summonses Dustin E. Glidden, 46, of Cushing was summonsed Oct. 3 for Motor Vehicle Speeding 30+ MPH over the speed limit, on US Route 1, Damariscotta, by Deputy Jerold Winslow Timothy A. Benner, 52, of Waldoboro was summonsed Oct. 3 for Leaving the scene of an accident, on Waldoboro...

• Updated: Minor injuries in afternoon crash

  Mon, 10/05/2020 - 2:45pm

  

  At about 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 an accident was reported on Kenney Field Drive in Boothbay Harbor. Beverly Royal, 76, of Boothbay Harbor was driving her 2011 Chevy Malibu southbound when she rear-ended a Hancock Lumber 2005 International truck, which was parked on the side of the road. Hancock Lumber driver Brian Etheridge, 59, was outside of the truck tightening the straps on his load at the time of the collision.The truck’s four-way flashers were on. According to Police Chief Bob Hasch,...

• Wiscasset police blotter

  Thu, 10/01/2020 - 2:45pm

  

  Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Sept. 15-30: Summonses Sept. 15, Chief Larry Hesseltine summonsed Douglas Davis, 31, of Westport Island for Operating After Suspension with One Prior. Sept. 15, Officer Jonathan Barnes summonsed Devin Alexander, 31, of Wiscasset for False Attachment of Plates. Sept. 15, Hesseltine summonsed Richard Cash, 54, of Poland for Failure to Register a Motor Vehicle. Sept. 16, Officer Cory Hubert summonsed Christopher Perkins, 37, of Dresden for...

• Wiscasset man charged in overnight incidents with flagger and police

  Thu, 10/01/2020 - 8:15am

  

  A Wiscasset man was arrested on multiple charges early Thursday, Oct. 1 and taken to Two Bridges Regional Jail after allegedly coming “extremely close to running over a flagger” working in the construction on Route 1, a Wiscasset Police Department Facebook post stated. The post said Cainin Griffin, 23, was charged with driving to endanger for that alleged incident and, for subsequent ones, was charged with eluding an officer, driving to endanger, criminal speed, violation of conditions of...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Six arrests

  Tue, 09/29/2020 - 11:45am

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 382 calls for service for the period of Sept. 22 to Sept. 29. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 9,557 calls for service. Summonses Evelyn G. Underwood, 24, of Bath was issued a summons Sept. 27 for Operating while License Suspended/Revoked – 3 priors, on Route 1, Newcastle, by Deputy Andrew Miner. Tasha Newton, 27, of Dresden was issued summonses Sept. 28 for Operating while Suspended or Revoked;...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Deer involved in three accidents

  Tue, 09/22/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 328 calls for service for the period of Sept. 15 to Sept. 22. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 9,175 calls for service. Summonses Raymond W. Lilly, 36, of Dresden was issued a summonses Sept. 17 for Theft by Unauthorized Taking or Transfer and Violating Condition of Release, at the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Wiscasset, by Detective Ronald Rollins. Arrests Michael Fairservice, 67, of Whitefield...

• ‘Just one of a kind’: Wiscasset honors Ginsburg

  Mon, 09/21/2020 - 9:30am

  

  About 60 people gathered Sunday night for a vigil on Wiscasset Common in memory of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday. Organizer Deborah Morgan said similar vigils were planned around Maine. Most attendees brought their own candles. Candles were also available. Terry Heller on keyboard and Leo Egan on guitar provided patriotic music, including “America the Beautiful,” “Amazing Grace,” “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” Heller said, “I wanted...

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