Waterville area police reports for July 29, 2016.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Jackman man, accused of aiming gun at Somerset deputy, faces extradition to Pennsylvania
Matthew Todd Mayberry faces a felony charge in Somerset County for allegedly pointing a gun at a deputy in May when authorities went to arrest him on a charge of being a fugitive.
St. Albans man wanted on assault, terrorizing charges
Rusty Grignon, who might be armed, is wanted on charges that he assaulted a woman at her home this past weekend and later threatened her at her place of work, police said Thursday.
Police: Rangeley confrontation that left man dead, 2 injured might be drug-related home invasion
Residents of the Main Street house in Rangeley were awakened at 2 a.m. by people who ‘kicked down the door,’ according to a relative of one of the injured men.
Trio charged in Waterville Wal-Mart theft
Among the three arrested, 28-year-old Justin Thomas, of Waterville, also had been wanted in connection with a months-long drug trafficking investigation, police said.
Cyrway receives DARE’s 2016 Daryl Gates Lifetime Achievement Award
The Benton state senator, who had a career in law enforcement and has been an officer in the drug education program for 24 years, received the program’s highest award for his dedication and commitment.
Augusta police officers patrolling downtown on bicycle
The program is an attempt to improve public safety and community relations.
Skowhegan police avoid ‘clearly justified’ deadly force in arrest, chief says
Mykel Rollins, 28, allegedly answered the door with a knife, but police defused the situation without injury, one of many instances of officers avoiding justifiable use of deadly force, according to Chief Don Bolduc.
Bail stays at $5,000 for New Yorker charged in shots-fired incident at Augusta Wal-Mart parking lot
Police say Diana Davis, 29, of Rochester, held a man while her brother beat him up, but her attorney says the state has provided little evidence to show her involvement.
Waterville bike patrol on streets for 16th straight summer
Officers on bicycles can see things, make contacts, that those in cruisers might not, police Chief Joseph Massey says.