Gov. Paul LePage administers the oath of office to Col. John Cote in a room filled with family members and co-workers.
Maine State Police
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Two charged with aggravated drug trafficking after state police stop on I-295
A Maine State Police canine search discovered 263 grams of crack cocaine in the car, police say.
advertisement
Posted inMaine, News
Teenager killed in late-night crash in Weld was 4-time state wrestling champion
Griffyn Smith, 19, was a passenger in a car that hit a tree and overturned off West Side Road.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Three men caught dragging stolen 25-foot shed behind pickup on Maine road, police say
The structure was taken from a foreclosed property in Lebanon, and police say one of the suspects had crystal meth and prescription pills that had not been prescribed to him.
Posted inMaine Crime
Maine State Police looking for violent felon, woman and their toddler
A judge issued a warrant Tuesday for Vincent Cole of Hollis, who police say may be traveling with Natasha West and their 2-year-old child.
Posted inMaine, News
Litchfield woman reported missing is found in Southwest Harbor
Authorities sent out a silver alert after the woman, Jacka Beckwith, 77, failed to turn up at a relative’s house in Bangor on Sunday.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Aroostook County man shot by Maine State Police sergeant dies
John Corneil, 54, of Smyrna was shot Friday during an armed confrontation with state police in Oakfield.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Man arrested on I-95 awaits extradition on sex trafficking charge
Police say the charges against Jason Mcleod, 35, stem from a homicide in Massachusetts
Posted inMaine
Medical examiner performing autopsy on woman’s body found in Lisbon pond
Lisbon police were alerted to the discovery of the 61-year-old woman in a pond off Potter Road.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine State Police staff racked up average $16,000 in overtime in 2017
Overtime spending on state police, some of which is reimbursed by outside groups who use their services, has increased by nearly 30% since 2013.