A state police sergeant who was a mentor for recruits at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy because of his investigative experience and his unblemished record during 17 years as a trooper is on paid leave, charged with driving drunk while off duty.

Sgt. Robin Parker, a 17-year veteran of the state police with no marks on his record, was placed on paid leave.

The crash happened when a Lewiston man driving a Toyota 4Runner failed to stop for the Windham school bus’s stop sign and signal lights, police said.

Wednesday’s icy rain paralyzed the morning commute, sent pedestrians sprawling and forced the closure of the southbound lanes of the Interstate 95 bridge into New Hampshire, after three tractor trailers slid into each other.

Wednesday’s icy rain paralyzed the morning commute, sent pedestrians sprawling and forced the closure of the southbound lanes of the Interstate 95 bridge into New Hampshire, after three tractor-trailers slid into each other.

Authorities are urging an escaped convict who scaled a fence topped with razor wire and may now be armed with a gun and on the run in York County to surrender to police before he or someone else gets hurt.

Authorities are urging an escaped convict who scaled a fence topped with razor wire and may now be armed with a gun and on the run in York County to surrender to police before he or someone else gets hurt.

The 35-year-old woman was not injured and authorities have not made a decison on whether to press charges.