Two officers with experience from throughout Somerset and Kennebec counties were sworn in Tuesday night.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Woolwich medical marijuana store burglarized
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office says it has leads and is still investigating the early Tuesday morning burglary.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Litchfield man, indicted on manslaughter charges, found dead at home
The body of Shawn W. Metayer, 60, was found Tuesday morning at his Litchfield house after deputies from the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an unattended death.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Man gets 3 years in prison for burglaries of Augusta restaurants
An Apple iPad that John P. Cella, 54, took from an Augusta restaurant had a tracking device that led police to his girlfriend, to whom he had given the tablet computer and a stolen laptop.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Quick work from Monmouth police saves local woman lost outside
Sgt. Dana Wessling said he found a missing woman three miles away from her home, only three hours after she reportedly left.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Augusta man charged with drunken driving on a riding lawnmower
An Augusta Police Department’s Facebook post mentioned the incident Monday night, saying it was an unusual occurrence in the winter.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Times Record
Woolwich man indicted in accident that killed skateboarder in Portland
Ernest M. Patti will face as much as 5 years in prison if he’s convicted of leaving the scene of the accident last summer in which Wayne Harwood was killed.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Former Auburn lawyer and DA candidate strikes pact with state on criminal charge
Seth Carey of Rumford agrees to obey the law, undergo therapy.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan detective one of 25 selected nationwide to attend Secret Service training
Detective Sgt. Kelly Hooper, who has worked in law enforcement for 30 years, will attend a weeklong course at which she will receive training in forensic analysis and investigative methods.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Waterville man allegedly exposed himself to girl at Augusta store, police say
Nicholas R. Hutchings made his initial court appearance Monday and has indecency charges pending in other Maine counties.