Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Dec. 1, 2018
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Brunswick graduate arrested after racist graffiti found at Maryland college
Fynn Ajani Arthur, 21, has been charged with two counts of malicious destruction of property following instances in which swastikas were drawn in bathroom stalls at Goucher College.
Wayne man to serve 59 months in prison for fatal drunken driving crash
Tyler Goucher of Wayne was sentenced Friday for the May 2017 crash that killed Ethan Russell, 19, of Wayne; and seriously injured another passenger.
Limington woman charged in connection with suspected mobile meth lab
Ashley Norton is held on $5,000 cash bail after police say that she was driving an SUV that contained a ‘one-pot’ methamphetamine-making setup.
York County deputies justified in shooting armed Arundel man, AG’s office concludes
Sgt. Steven Thistlewood and Deputy Heath Mains killed 37-year-old Chad Dionne after he fired a gun at them during a domestic dispute call, the report says.
Topsham police warn of new phone scam
Callers impersonate police officials to get recipients to reveal personal and financial information, the department says.
Palmyra man gets 18 months jail for sexual assault on a child
Darren J. Potter must register as a sex offender and verify his whereabouts with law enforcement for 25 years.
Friendship lobsterman facing jail for burning rival’s boathouse
The fire, which occurred in 2012, also destroyed a lobster boat belonging to another man.
Traffic stop in Windham uncovers suspected mobile meth lab
Police stopped the black GMC Envoy as part of a shoplifting investigation in North Windham, before officers found materials consistent with methamphetamine production.
Gardiner child porn producer sentenced to 25 years
The prosecutors said Richard Bailey induced adults in the Philippines to engage in sexual activity with children that was shown on the internet.