Police, Fire and Courts

• Search resuming Thursday for Bremen man

  Wed, 08/14/2019 - 6:00pm

  The Maine Marine Patrol has temporarily suspended the search of Round Pond Harbor for 63-year-old Glenn Murdoch of Bremen. The search will resume Thursday and continue through the weekend with targeted patrols by boat and plane. Murdoch was reported missing Monday night at approximately 9:30 p.m. after his skiff was found adrift in the harbor where his boat, an 18-foot aluminum Starcraft is moored. The skiff was returned to shore by a good Samaritan. Members of Marine Patrol, the U.S. Coast...
• Lincoln County Courts

  July closed cases

  Wed, 08/14/2019 - 2:45pm

  These are the closed court cases in Lincoln County District and Superior courts for July. All information was provided by the Clerk of Courts. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail. Melissa Burnham, 59, of Bremen, guilty of Operating a Vehicle Without a License in Damariscotta, fined $150. Albert Lawrence, 34, of Randolph, guilty of one charge of Theft by Unauthorized Taking or Transfer in Damariscotta, sentenced to 364 days in jail, all but 30 days...
• Lincoln County Courts

  Man gets jail time for Wiscasset case of sexual abuse of minor

  Tue, 08/13/2019 - 6:30pm

  

  Guido Anthony Hernandez, 28, of Augusta, was found guilty last month of one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and one count of Unlawful Sexual Touching. According to Lincoln County court records and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, he was sentenced to jail for 364 days on the first charge, all but 60 days suspended, and probation of five months. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail on the second charge, all suspended, with one year probation. A second charge of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Tue, 08/13/2019 - 2:45pm

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 274 calls for service from Aug. 6 through Aug. 13. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 9,487 calls for service. Arrests Aaron W. Ashton, 38, of Alna was arrested Aug. 9 on a Probation Violation, on Cross Road, Alna, by Det. Sgt. Ronald Rollins. Robert D. King, Jr., 54, of Whitefield was arrested Aug. 11 for Domestic Violence Assault, on Mills Road, Whitefield, by Deputy Caleb Poirier. Nathaniel A...

• Wiscasset Police Blotter July 15-Aug. 11

  Tue, 08/13/2019 - 11:15am

  Chief Larry Hesseltine reported the following activity for July 15 through Aug. 11: Arrests On July 17, John Curtis, 53, of Dresden for Failing to Stop for Officer and Operation of Defective Vehicle. On July 18, Mark Cromwell, 39, of Wiscasset for Domestic Violence Assault. On July 19, Meredith Anderson, 23, of Wiscasset for OUI (alcohol). On July 22, Jesse Carmichael, 26, of Wiscasset for Domestic Violence Assault. On July 24, Sheldon Davis, 61, of Wiscasset for Domestic Violence Assault. On...

• UPDATE: Search to resume Wednesday for missing Bremen man

  Tue, 08/13/2019 - 9:00am

  UPDATE: The search for Glenn Murdoch, 63, of Bremen was suspended at 6 p.m. Tuesday and was set to resume at 8 a.m. Wednesday with divers, Maine Marine Patrol vessels and an airplane, Maine Marine Patrol Spokesman Jeff Nichols said Tuesday night. Nichols was misquoted earlier as stating Murdoch was a lobsterman. “He’s not listed in our database of licensed fishermen,” Nichols said. Original post: The Maine Marine Patrol-Maine State Police dive team is searching Round Pond Harbor Tuesday morning...

• Artist-firefighter Danny Evarts runs from Wiscasset’s fire station to Woolwich’s

  Mon, 08/12/2019 - 1:30pm

  

  When Woolwich’s Danny Evarts ran from Wiscasset’s fire station to Newcastle’s last year, the former military intelligence linguist and New York City music industry professional already considered the cause important: Firefighter Five Foundation (FFF) supports responders’ well-being, according to the nonprofit’s website . As a cleanup volunteer after hurricanes Michael and Florence and other natural disasters, Evarts, 48, has been among first responders. Now he is one: Last spring, the artist,...
• Lincoln County Commissioners

  County eyes backup emergency communications plans

  Thu, 08/08/2019 - 10:15am

  

  Part of Lincoln County was temporarily left without emergency communications service July 19 after a sheared fiber cable left residents unable to use telephone or internet services. Lincoln County Administrator Carrie Kipfer updated commissioners Aug. 6 on a plan Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Stevens is developing to mitigate a future outage. Stevens is proposing a network of electronic signs directing residents how to make an emergency call if phone and internet services fail. “He...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: 13 accidents

  Tue, 08/06/2019 - 12:00pm

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 314 calls for service between July 30 and Aug. 6. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 9,213 calls for service. Summons Eric Dionne, 46, of Woolwich was issued a summons July 31 for Trafficking in Prison Contraband, at Two Bridges Regional Jail, Wiscasset, by Det. Sgt. Ronald Rollins. Arrests MaryCatherine A. Wilson, 38, of Boothbay was arrested July 31 for Unlawful Possession of Schedule Drug (x2), at...

• Going, going, gone! Southport Firemen’s Auction Aug. 17

  Tue, 08/06/2019 - 7:00am

  

  There has been an auction at the Southport firehouse every summer since the mid 1960s. In the first years, the auctioneer was Jack Gray, but in the late 1960s Carl Pierce picked up the gavel. He remained in the job until his death in 1993 and, in his honor, the event is now named the Carl C. Pierce Memorial Auction. Since 1993, Fire Chief Gerry Gamage has run the sale. “I’m not an auctioneer,” he said. “I rattle off some time and I try to describe what things are, but I don’t know the value of...

• Lost ring at Boothbay Harbor PD

  Mon, 08/05/2019 - 10:00am

  Boothbay Harbor Police Department Administrative Assistant Maureen Smith reports that a ring has been found and turned in to the police department office on Howard Street. To recover the lost ring, please call the department at 633-5616 during normal business hours, with a description.
• Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office

  Woolwich accident victim dies

  Fri, 08/02/2019 - 9:45am

  

  The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office learned July 31 that Barry Wyman , 58, of Woolwich, has died from the injuries he sustained in the Ju ly 15 crash on Route 1 in Woolwich near the Taste of Maine. The crash involved a Penske rental truck and three other vehicles, including Wyman’s, and r emains under investigation . Deputy Mark Anderson is the primary investigator . T he crash is being reconstructed by Deputy Brian Carlton with assistance from the Maine State Police . The Sagadahoc County...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Nine arrests

  Tue, 07/30/2019 - 12:00pm

  The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 362 calls between July 23 and July 30. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,899 calls for service. Summonses Robert R. Melotto, 52, of Livermore Falls was issued a summons July 23 for Assault, on Twin Cove Lane, Damariscotta, by Deputy Caleb Poirier. A 15-year-old female juvenile from Woolwich was issued a summons July 28 for Minor Possessing Liquor (consumption), on Wawenock Road, Edgecomb, by Deputy Chase Bosse. A 16-year-old male juvenile...

• Boothbay Harbor Police Blotter: Four arrests

  Tue, 07/30/2019 - 7:30am

  

  Arrests On July 10 at 2:03 p.m. on Andrea Lane, Officers Beck and Brown arrested Zachary Argraves, 22, Unity, for domestic violence assault. On July 13 at 10:53 p.m. on Howard Street, Officer Braley arrested Jeremiah Casey, 69, North Port, Florida, for operating under the influence. On July 23 at 11:39 p.m. on Common Drive, Officer Chryplewicz arrested Charles Sawyer, 33, Bristol, for operating under the influence and operating without a license. On July 27 at 1:07 a.m. on Townsend Avenue,...
• Lincoln County Courts

  Rigas’ dispositional conference Aug. 12

  Wed, 07/24/2019 - 2:15pm

  Konstantinos Rigas, 31, of Boothbay Harbor is scheduled for a dispositional conference at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, according to the clerk’s office at Lincoln County Courts in Wiscasset. Rigas faces multiple charges stemming from a May 15 standoff with Boothbay Harbor police at a family residence. Charges from that day include Aggravated Assault, Domestic Violence Criminal Threatening (with priors) with a Dangerous Weapon, two counts of Assault, four counts of Terrorizing, Causing a Police...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Eight arrests

  Tue, 07/23/2019 - 1:15pm

  The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 400 calls for service between July 16 and July 23. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,537 calls for service. Arrests Corey H. Ater, 32, of Phippsburg was arrested July 16 for violating a Protection from Abuse Order and Violating Conditions of Release x 2, at Two Bridges Regional Jail, Wiscasset, by Detective Scott Hayden. Brandon S. Mitchell, 33, of Bath was arrested July 17 for Violating Condition of Release (Accomplice) and Violating...
• State still looking

  UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for kayaker missing near Friendship

  Tue, 07/23/2019 - 8:30am

  

  Update: The U.S.Coast Guard reported over Twitter Tuesday night, crews have suspended the active search, “pending further developments.” And Wednesday afternoon, Maine Department of Marine Resources spokesman Jeff Nichols said Maine Marine Patrol will keep searching near Allen Island by water and air though the end of the week, then determine next steps. Original post: The U.S. Coast Guard was searching by water and air Tuesday morning for a missing 79-year-old man, a spokesman said. The search...
• Lincoln County Commissioners

  EMA to use Newcastle tower site

  Wed, 07/17/2019 - 8:00am

  

  The Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency has developed and signed a memorandum of understanding with Newcastle landowner Matthew Weaver for the use of his Hunt Hill Road property. Commissioners approved it Tuesday. The land, with a disused tower which once held a wind turbine, will be the site of the county’s emergency AM radio station. The plan has been in the works about a year. The station will be activated in the event of emergency, natural or manmade, and will alert drivers and...

• Six towns respond to Boothbay Harbor fire on Logan Road

  Tue, 07/16/2019 - 6:00pm

  

  A house fire at 26 Logan Road in Boothbay Harbor, reported around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to Lincoln County Communications, has left the home uninhabitable and not likely savable, First Assistant Fire Chief Glenn Tilton said. Boothbay Harbor Fire Department responded and was later joined by departments from Southport, Boothbay, Edgecomb, Newcastle and Wiscasset. Lincoln County’s Mutual Aid Strike Team also helped. The house, known locally as Gull Run, belongs to John R. Stratton II and Carol G...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Busy with accidents

  Tue, 07/16/2019 - 12:45pm

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 269 calls for service between July 10 and July 16. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,137 calls for service. Summons Zachary A. Argraves, 22, of Unity was issued a summons July 12 for Terrorizing, on Westside Road, Boothbay, by Boothbay Harbor Officer Aaron Beck, on behalf of Sgt. Kevin Dennison. Arrest Sonni Labrie, 29, of Nobleboro was arrested July 12 on a Probation Violation, on Upper East Pond...

• Boothbay Harbor fire being fought

  Tue, 07/16/2019 - 10:15am

  

  A house fire reported around 9 a.m. today at 26 Logan Road, Boothbay Harbor drew multiple departments. Boothbay Harbor Fire Department received mutual aid from Boothbay and Southport, while Edgecomb, Newastle and Wiscasset departments also responded. As of this posting, no injuries were reported. The Boothbay Register will continue to cover this fire.

• Meet Dallas, the Midcoast’s newest police K9 (and his human, Trooper Hunter Belanger)

  Mon, 07/15/2019 - 3:30pm

  

  MIDCOAST—Meet, Dallas a Belgian Malanois , a breed known for their intelligence and loyalty. He is one of six new law enforcement teams of police and their canine partners that graduated from the State Police Canine School in late June. After 14 weeks of training with his handler, Trooper Hunter Belanger, Dallas was ready to go home, and start his new job as a police K9. Responsible for the Midcoast area of Maine (Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Waldo, Knox counties, the southern half of Kennebec County...

• UPDATE: Authorities name victims of Route 1, Woolwich crash

  Mon, 07/15/2019 - 8:15am

  UPDATE, Monday afternoon: Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office has issued this latest press release with new details including names of those involved: A 2016 GMC Penske cargo van driven by William Young, 55, of Topsham was traveling northbound on Route 1 in Woolwich when it crossed the centerline and struck a 1998 Subaru Forester traveling southbound on Route 1. The Forester was being driven by Barry L. Wyman, 57, of Woolwich. The Penske van then struck two other vehicles that had been traveling...
• Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority

  Jail to consider ICE inmates

  Fri, 07/12/2019 - 1:45pm

  

  Two Bridges Regional Jail – now without its largest contributing county, Waldo – is considering other options to fill space. Among them is working with the federal government to accept Immigration and Customs Enforcement inmates already adjudicated and waiting for deportation. Authority Chair Peter Lepari said the jail is willing to talk to ICE about holding inmates pending deportation, but the authority has decided against accepting “detainers." A detainer is an immigration hold document, a...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Seven arrests, seven deer struck

  Wed, 07/10/2019 - 11:00am

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 385 calls for service from July 1 through July 10. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 7,868 calls for service. Arrests Andrea M. Doray, 18, of Dresden was arrested July 4 for Domestic Violence Assault, on Middle Road, Dresden, by Sgt. Mark Bridgham. Jonathan W. Doray, 41, of Dresden was arrested July 4 for Domestic Violence Assault, on Middle Road, Dresden, by Sgt. Mark Bridgham. Steven M. Cherkis, 54...
• Lincoln County Courts

  Closed cases for June

  Mon, 07/08/2019 - 11:45am

  The following are the closed cases in Lincoln County Unified Courts for June. All information was provided by the Clerk of Courts. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail. Alifeliti Vailea, 35, of Boothbay, guilty of Disorderly Conduct, Offensive Words, Gestures. Fined $500. Brandon Raye, 35, of Cushing, guilty of Failure to Appear for Disclosure or Contempt Hearing in Wiscasset, sentenced to jail for 14 days. Ian Kennedy, 42, of Nobleboro, six counts of...
• Lincoln County Commissioners

  EMA seeks grant for emergency team

  Tue, 07/02/2019 - 5:30pm

  

  Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency got permission Tuesday to apply for a Homeland Security grant to fund a county-wide emergency support team in the event of a mass-casualty event, such as an active shooting or bombing. The $20,000 requested will train fire department and ambulance service officials and others who choose to be part of the team to respond to the “warm” zones, according to Lt. Rand Maker of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. That is to distinguish it from a “hot” zone where...

• Wiscasset Police Blotter June 17-30

  Tue, 07/02/2019 - 2:45pm

  Chief Larry Hesseltine reported the following activity for the two weeks ending June 30: Arrests Matthew Rice, 39, of Dresden, for OUI (alcohol), Criminal Trespass, and Criminal Mischief Dylan Holbrook, 26, of Wiscasset for OUI (alcohol) Summons Traffic summons issued to Charles Winter, 47, of Waldoboro for speed Summons issued to John Hurd, 44, of Bath for criminal speed 30+ mph over speed limit Accidents On Monday, June 17, at 11:15 a.m., a crash occurred on Route 1...

• Lightning strikes Southport

  Mon, 07/01/2019 - 7:30pm

  

  On Sunday, June 30 at 1:15 p.m., Lynn Schafer of Hendricks Hill Road was settling down for a late lunch. The storm outside was as bad as she’d witnessed on Southport in a long time but she felt safe and dry in her kitchen and was glad to be home. Five minutes later, lightning struck. “A fireball shot out of the ceiling vent just three feet from me and the noise was terrifying,” said Schafer. “Next thing, I see smoke billowing down from upstairs.” She immediately called 911. “I figured it must...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three accidents

  Mon, 07/01/2019 - 3:30pm

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: Accidents On June 24, an accident occurred on River Road in Boothbay involving Madyson Noyes, 21, of Gardiner and Wayne Brewer, 72, of Boothbay Harbor. Ms. Noyes was operating a 2011 Chevrolet Aveo south on Route 27 and stopped to turn left onto River Road. Mr. Brewer was operating a 2006 Chevrolet 1500, and was following Noyes’ vehicle. He attempted to go around Noyes’ vehicle as he did not have time to stop, and struck her vehicle. Deputy Chad...

• Boothbay Harbor Police Blotter: Three arrests

  Mon, 07/01/2019 - 2:00pm

  Arrests On June 15 at 11:59 p.m. on Howard St., Officer Braley arrested Aaron Carroll, 30, Brandon, Florida, for operating under the influence. On June 16 at 8:33 p.m. on Oak St., Officer Snyder arrested Rolando Mejia, 31, Southport, for operating a vehicle without a license, attaching false plates, and being a fugitive from justice. On June 27 at 6:27 p.m. on Townsend Ave., Sgt. Higgins arrested Francois Ciza, 44, Boothbay Harbor, on a warrant for failure to appear. Summary Report From June 3...

• Flipping pancakes at Edgecomb FD

  Mon, 07/01/2019 - 8:00am

  

  An hour into Edgecomb Fire Department Auxiliary’s pancake breakfast Saturday, firefighters had already cooked an estimated 100 pancakes, eight pounds of bacon and four pounds of sausage patties, Auxiliary President and Assistant Fire Chief John Potter said as attendees continued to arrive. They were liking the pancakes. Zip Kellogg of Newcastle said they might have been the best pancakes in the universe. Potter said the breakfast at the station on Route 27 became an annual fundraiser five or...
• Lincoln County Courts

  Gatto gets 50 years for murder of 4-year-old Wiscasset girl

  Tue, 06/25/2019 - 2:45pm

  

  In Superior Court in Wiscasset Tuesday, Shawna Gatto, 44, of Wiscasset, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of her fiance’s granddaughter, 4-year-old Kendall Chick, who died Dec. 8, 2017. The trial was the first week of April at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. Justice William Stokes announced the verdict there at the end of April. Chick’s age being under 6 and her being a victim of domestic violence weighed into the sentence. For that part of the sentence, Stokes imposed...

• Gatto gets half century for Wiscasset child murder

  Tue, 06/25/2019 - 11:00am

  A judge has sentenced Kendall Chick’s convicted murderer Shawna Gatto of Wiscasset to serve 50 years in prison, Wiscasset Newspaper’s Gina Hamilton reports. Full coverage to follow.
• Two Bridges Regional Jail

  MAT program starts Aug. 1

  Mon, 06/24/2019 - 7:45pm

  

  With the departure of Waldo County as a boarding county for Two Bridges Regional Jail at the end of the month, TBRJ can turn its sights toward a full-scale, wrap-around addiction treatment center for inmates. Enzo Recovery, which has a contract with the state, will work with TBRJ to set up a Medication Assisted Treatment center. The program will start as a pilot project serving 16 inmates in a minimum security section of the jail, but jail administrator Col. James Bailey said he is reaching out...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

  Mon, 06/24/2019 - 2:30pm

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 284 calls for service from June 18 through June 24. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 7,807 calls for service. On June 21, Deputy David Bellows received a report of a theft of 100’ fiberglass fence post and wire (approximately $300) in the Nobleboro area. The complainant stated the fence was last seen the morning of June 19. Further investigation if leads develop. Summonses Elizabeth H. Cunningham,...
• Lincoln County Courts

  Roberts scheduled for Rule 11 hearing

  Fri, 06/21/2019 - 8:45am

  Jonathan D. Roberts, 45, of Waban, Massachusetts, facing a charge of manslaughter in the death of Kristen McKellar on Aug. 2, 2018, when his boat allegedly hit McKellar as she swam in Damariscotta Lake, has a Rule 11 hearing at 1 p.m. July 29 in Superior Court in Wiscasset. A Rule 11 hearing is scheduled when a defendant wishes to change a plea. Roberts pled not guilty to the manslaughter charge and other associated charges on Feb.11. In Portland in May, Roberts had a settlement conference,...
• Lincoln County Courts

  Rigas to undergo competency exam

  Thu, 06/20/2019 - 3:45pm

  Konstantinos Rigas, 31, of Boothbay Harbor is scheduled for a competency exam July 2 to determine if he can stand trial. Rigas faces a long list of charges related to a May 15 standoff at his family home on Oak Street during an alleged domestic violence incident. In addition to the charges stemming directly from that day, of Aggravated Assault, Domestic Violence Criminal Threatening (with priors) with a Dangerous Weapon, two counts of Assault, four counts of Terrorizing, Causing a Police...
• Lincoln County Commissioners

  Mitkus, Dennison make sergeant

  Wed, 06/19/2019 - 8:00am

  

  With Lincoln County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mark Bridgham retiring at the end of the month and Sgt. Aaron Beck resigning to join Boothbay Harbor Police Department, deputies Kevin Dennison and Jared Mitkus have been promoted to sergeant and were honored at the June 18 commissioners’ meeting. Bridgham will receive his service weapon in a retirement party July 25. Commissioners approved contracts with the state for court security and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. The cost for court security rose...

• Wiscasset Police Blotter June 10-16

  Tue, 06/18/2019 - 2:15pm

  For the week ending June 16, Chief Larry Hesseltine reported the following activity: Accidents On June 10, Officer Cory Hubert responded to a crash on Route 1 approximately 500 feet North of Old Ferry Road. A 2017 Toyota operated by Belva Horn, 73, of Freeport was passing a vehicle on the right when she was struck as the 2016 KIA in front of her driven by Sallyann Hinckley, 73, of Bath made a right hand turn into the McDonald’s parking lot. On June 10, on Route 1 near Water...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Eight arrests

  Tue, 06/18/2019 - 12:45pm

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 305 calls for service between June 11 and June 18. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 7,523 calls for service. Summonses Olivia T. Coniam, 23, of Alna was issued a summons June 11 for Domestic Violence Assault, on West Alna Road, Alna, by Deputy Andrew Miner, who was assisted by Sgt. Matthew Day. Elmer E. Warren, 49, of Dresden was issued a summons June 12 for Violation of Condition of Release, on Amy...
• Alna selectmen

  Vandalism spree through ex-Alna town office puts sale plans on hold

  Thu, 06/13/2019 - 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

  Tue, 06/11/2019 - 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

  Mon, 06/10/2019 - 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

  Mon, 06/10/2019 - 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

  Mon, 06/10/2019 - 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

  Sat, 06/08/2019 - 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

  Fri, 06/07/2019 - 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

  Tue, 06/04/2019 - 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

  Tue, 06/04/2019 - 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...

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