Woman, 20, pleads to lesser charges in murder case September 19, 2018 by Jennifer Osborn on Breaking News, Cops & Courts ELLSWORTH — A co-defendant in the murder of a New Gloucester grandmother pleaded guilty today to lesser charges with an understanding that her murder charge will be dropped after she testifies against her co-defendant, according to her defense attorney Jeff Toothaker of Ellsworth. The dead woman, Sally Shaw, was 55 and had worked as a …
Convicted murderer caught days after prison escape September 18, 2018 by Cyndi Wood on Breaking News, Cops & Courts, News ELLSWORTH — A convicted murderer who escaped from Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston last week was captured Tuesday morning in Dover-Foxcroft. A Piscataquis County Sheriff’s deputy apprehended 65-year-old Arnold Freeman Nash as he was walking along Route 15 shortly before 7 a.m., according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland. He was …
Man and his aunt charged with operating meth lab September 7, 2018 by Cyndi Wood on Breaking News, Cops & Courts, News BUCKSPORT — Police say a Bucksport man and his aunt were making methamphetamine Thursday evening when officers arrived to search an apartment on Noel Way. Jamie Matlack, 45, was arrested on a charge of Class A operation of a methamphetamine laboratory and Class C unlawful possession of methamphetamine. His aunt, Kimberly Matlack, 53, was also …
Bar Harbor man arraigned on murder charge September 5, 2018 by Jennifer Osborn on Breaking News, Cops & Courts, News ELLSWORTH — A Bar Harbor man pleaded not guilty to charges of gross sexual assault and murder in the June death of a young Bar Harbor woman during his arraignment Wednesday in Hancock County Superior Court. Jalique Keene, 21, accused of the murder of Mikaela Conley, 19, appeared before Justice Robert Murray and a packed …
Men wanted in dog’s death turn themselves in Tuesday September 4, 2018 by Guest on Breaking News, Cops & Courts, News The two men sought in the kidnapping of a Winter Harbor man’s dog — a dog that was later found dead — turned themselves in at the Hancock County Jail Tuesday morning.
Hiker lifted off mountain by Forest Service helicopter September 3, 2018 by Liz Graves on Breaking News, News ACADIA NAT’L PARK — A hiker whose leg had been crushed by a large rock was lifted off Dorr Mountain Monday morning at the end of a rope suspended from a Maine Forest Service helicopter. She was securely attached to a sling at the end of the rope, and accompanied in the open-air flight by …
Brooklin man dies after jumping from Penobscot Narrows Bridge August 31, 2018 by Jennifer Osborn on Breaking News, Cops & Courts, News VERONA ISLAND — A Brooklin man, 79, died Friday morning after he jumped off the Penobscot Narrows Bridge on Verona Island, Maine State Police Lt. Rod Charette reported. The man died of the injuries sustained from the fall, Charette said. “His body was recovered from the Penobscot River.” The Maine State Police is the lead …
Update: Missing Jonesport man found August 27, 2018 by Staff on Breaking News, Cops & Courts, News ELLSWORTH — State troopers have located a Jonesport man with a severe medical issue who disappeared from his home Sunday night. State police and the Warden Service using dogs searched overnight for 53-year-old Stanley Reynolds. Reynolds reportedly left his home on Feeney Street at about 10 p.m. on foot. He was reported missing by his wife. He was …
Crash in Blue Hill related to investigation that originated in Waldo County August 18, 2018 by Jennifer Osborn on Breaking News, Cops & Courts BLUE HILL — The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine State Police had Main Street in Blue Hill closed down for over an hour Saturday morning while authorities investigated a crash that concluded an investigation that began in Waldo County. Hancock County Sheriff Scott Kane was on the scene but said official word on …
Two injured in Hancock ATV crash August 16, 2018 by Staff on Breaking News, Cops & Courts, News HANCOCK — A Hancock man and a Lamoine woman were taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center after an all-terrain vehicle crash on B&B Drive in Hancock just after 8 p.m. Wednesday, Maine Game Warden Cpl. John MacDonald reported. The driver, Eric Butters, 50, of Hancock, sustained serious injuries and was taken from the scene by …
