Police, Fire and Courts

Wiscasset Ambulance Service took one person to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick Friday night with apparent minor injuries after a two-car crash on Wiscasset’s Route One, officials said at the…

The criminal case against Heather O’Brien was almost resolved on St. Patrick’s Day.

The former Boothbay Harbor woman and Boothbay Region High School alumna was…

Lincoln County Commissioners

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett and Communications Director Tod Hartung, at the commissioners’ request, parsed out the reason for the increase in calls for…

Lincoln County Superior Court

The Lincoln County Superior Court rose on March 14 to dispose of a number of criminal cases.

Among them was the case of Michelle Heald, 38, of Jefferson, who had been indicted last March on…

Two Bridges Regional Jail

Two Bridges Regional Jail employee Matthew Atwood received the Colonel’s Commendation for saving a fellow jail employee from choking. He was publicly recognized at the Jail Authority’s meeting on…

Lincoln County Superior Court

Casey S. Kleykamp, 28, of Boothbay Harbor accepted a guilty plea for Aggravated Trafficking in Scheduled Drugs (heroin), a Class A felony, and Importation of Scheduled Drugs (heroin), a Class C…

The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from March 7 to March 13:

Wiscasset will be advertising for a new police chief following the resignation of Troy Cline. Town Manager Marian Anderson announced Cline’s departure in an email Tuesday morning, March 8.…

The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from Feb. 29 to March 6, 2016

Wiscasset has announced the resignations of its police chief, Troy Cline, and school resource officer, Tom Hoepner. More coverage to follow.

“It is with sincere regret and best wishes to…
Wiscasset Police Department

When Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline used the department’s new cruiser under snowy conditions last month, the 2015 Ford Interceptor sport utility vehicle, with all-wheel drive, drove like it was…

Wiscasset fire and public works personnel responded Monday morning to a fuel leak inside the municipal building’s furnace room. The leak from a day tank that feeds the furnaces was found shortly…

The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from Feb. 22 to Feb. 28.

Feb. 22…

Wiscasset is asking $1,000 less than Central Lincoln County (CLC) Ambulance to respond to Alna’s calls, but the decision may not come down to money, Alna First Selectman David Abbott said.

Wicasset Police Department

Monday, February 22

Officer Benjamin Kolko issue a warning for speed, and a citation for speed on Bath Road, a warning for speed on Gardiner Road…

Lincoln County Superior Court

Brant Perkins of Boothbay Harbor, who was convicted last July of the sexual abuse of a minor and two counts of tampering with a witness, has accepted an Alford plea to the last charge in the list…

Lincoln County Superior Court

Judith Casella of Edgecomb claims in court documents that she was left holding the bag on a Brunswick couple’s lease and bills for a Wiscasset restaurant.

Lincoln County Superior Court…

Lincoln County Superior Court

Lincoln County’s sheriff and a deputy are asking a judge to throw out a Newcastle man’s civil filing because, they claim, he didn’t go about it the right way.

The motion to dismiss Raoul…

Stan Lane went to Ames True Value in Wiscasset to pick up some things after he and wife Norma Dreyfus lost their Westport Island home in a massive fire last week.

He said someone asked him…

A Westport Island couple spent Thursday night at a Bath hotel after fire destroyed their home on North End Road, Westport Fire Chief Bob Mooney said at the scene Friday morning.

No one was…

Alna voters next month will consider hiring Central Lincoln County (CLC) Ambulance Service, but selectmen so far had no offer to pass along from the town’s longtime provider, Wiscasset Ambulance…

Ken Mason, chief deputy for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position of Sheriff of Kennebec County. He had been appointed to that role by Gov…

Two Bridges Regional Jail

“It’s just no fun anymore,” Mark Westrum, administrator of the Two Bridges Regional Jail, said last week.

He was returning after being ill for some days, and found himself overwhelmed. No…

 

The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21, 2016 Note: The Feb. 9, 2016 entry “Dorothy Koughan of Wiscasset was…

No one was hurt in a Monday morning fire at Robert L. Foster Antiques on Route One in Newcastle, Newcastle Fire Chief Clayton Huntley said. Rags with linseed oil on them from refinishing work…

In a surprise move on Feb. 18, Gov. Paul LePage chose Lincoln County’s chief deputy, Major Ken Mason, to be Kennebec County’s next sheriff.  But Mason is unlikely to be seated any time soon,…

A 70-year-old Wiscasset woman died Feb. 17 after being struck while using a crosswalk on Washington Street in Bath.

Paula K. Caruso died at the scene, after being struck by a 2008 Chevy…

Lincoln County Commissioners
Mason

Amid a routine Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16, commissioners posed a surprise question to Major Ken Mason, who was speaking on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office and Two…

Alna fire officials hope town meeting voters will green light a $6 an hour, firefighter pay hike and the rest of a recruitment plan. Without it, the department may eventually go the way of the…

The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14.

Feb. 8

State Police have arrested the boyfriend of a woman shot to death in a Bath shopping center parking lot November 16.

Dylan Grubbs, 23, of Thomaston was charged with manslaughter following…

AUGUSTA — Seven individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement with trafficking heroin and crack cocaine in Knox and Lincoln counties. They were arrested today after a…

Lincoln County Superior Court

A Newcastle man is planning an injury claim accusing a Lincoln County sheriff’s officer of fitting him into a cruiser’s back seat that was too small for him and then, the man claims, he had a…

The Wiscasset Police Department is pleased to announce the hiring of Nadean Crossley to fill the full-time officer vacancy created when Sergeant…

State Police on Feb. 4 arrested three residents of an Edgecomb home and charged them in connection with a theft from a store in the town of China. The theft allegedly happened three days before…

A skunk that a dog in Waldoboro killed has tested positive for rabies.

On Friday, Jan. 29, Lincoln County Animal Control Officer Will Snowman responded to a report of a possible rabid skunk…

The Damariscotta police report the following activity from to Jan. 25 to Jan. 31, 2016:

Jan. 25

A Woolwich man died Friday evening in a car accident on Route 27 in Pittston when his car flipped onto its roof and became submerged in an ice-covered pond on Cold Spring Hill.

Edward…

Maine Drug Enforcement Agency

An investigation into alleged heroin and crack distribution out of a Vassalboro home has led to eight arrests.

The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s South…

On Jan. 19, a 22-year-old Edgecomb man, who pled guilty to assaulting a toddler in 2014, was sentenced to five years in prison, all but nine months suspended plus three years probation.

The Damariscotta police report the following activity from to Jan. 18 to Jan. 24, 2016:

Jan. 18

Boothbay will host the Maine State Fire Fighters Association (MSFFA) Convention sooner than expected. The town was slated to host the event in 2018, but will now host it in 2017.

The MSFFA…

Lincoln County Superior Court

John Burbank wants a public apology.

That’s part of the reason he’s suing several law enforcement officials, including Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett, Burbank said Jan. 21. The 37-year…

Wiscasst Middle High School

Wiscasset Middle High School seventh grader Joanna Collins already knew people weren’t supposed to drink and drive, or text and drive.

“But I never knew what it felt like,” she said Jan. 21…

Two teens have been charged after authorities followed up on a tip alleging that underage kids at a Wiscasset high school dance had been drinking and doing drugs.

At about 9:15 p.m., …

CAMDEN — Shortly before 2 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, Camden police officers responded to a 911 call at the Camden residence of singer-songerwiter Don McLean. An investigation by responding officers…

When Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline took his job about five years ago, getting the department into the social media mix was one of the things he put on his to-do list.

People rely so…

A passing vehicle came very close to striking Wiscasset Police Officer Nadean Crossley Jan. 8, Police Chief Troy Cline said.

Crossley was outside her cruiser on a traffic stop on Route 1,…

The Damariscotta police report the following activity from to Jan. 4 to Jan. 10:

Jan. 4