The utility pole belonged to Central Maine Power Co. and was hanging by one wire when it was found. The trees blocked Dutch Gap Road.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine AG says new DNA tests insufficient to overturn 34-year-old murder case
Attorney General Aaron Frey says the results do not shake his confidence in the state’s conviction of Dennis Dechaine in Sarah Cherry’s 1988 killing.
Search continues for 2 men following I-95 traffic stop in Clinton
A passenger fled from a vehicle that was stopped by a state trooper Wednesday, and then a second person later helped that man elude authorities, Maine State Police said.
Hundreds of patients searching for help as Kennebunk doctor faces opioid charges
Dr. Merideth Norris is unable to prescribe opioids while facing federal charges. She was treating hundreds of patients with substance use disorder and chronic pain who now don’t know where to get their medications.
Multiple police agencies still searching for man deemed ‘armed and dangerous’
Diego Martinez, 31, was involved in a police standoff and series of high-speed chases Friday, police say, and still remains at large.
DA recuses himself from Eliot Cutler’s child porn case
The district attorney for Hancock and Washington counties was previously represented by the same attorney who now is defending the two-time independent gubernatorial candidate.
Construction of new $20.5 million Augusta police station to begin this week
Construction of the 25,000-square-foot facility on Willow Street is expected to get underway at full-speed Monday.
Waterville man indicted on charges linked to planned bombing of Chicago mosque
Xavier Pelkey, 19, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and possession of unregistered destructive devices.
Maine State Police make an arrest in 1996 sexual assault case
A Gouldsboro man who is accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in 1996 was arrested without incident on Wednesday.
Maine Supreme Court overturns attempted murder conviction in Aroostook County
The state’s highest court said an Aroostook County prosecutor was wrong to criticize the defendant for not testifying during his own trial and for implying the jury had a ‘duty’ to find him guilty.