MOUNT DESERT — A Tremont woman was warned for trespassing Oct. 7 after the caretaker of a Pretty Marsh summer cottage found a note posted by “The Opinionated Picnickers.” The people behind the note reportedly had a picnic on the porch of the cottage and then, through check-off boxes on the note, left behind …
The following cases were heard in Fifth District Court, according to official records: Roxie E. Albee, 32, Ellsworth. Theft by unauthorized taking or transfer at Ellsworth, Aug. 4. Fined $200. Restitution of $300. Atlantic Landscaping Construction Inc., Ellsworth. Failing to carry trip permit in vehicle at Trenton, Aug. 14. Dismissed. Steven W. Battis, 30, …
ELLSWORTH — A convicted murderer from Bucksport who stole a vehicle and led authorities on a high-speed chase into the city of Brewer Sept. 2 was indicted by a Hancock County grand jury Tuesday. Kent A. Hanson, 66, was indicted on charges of eluding an officer, passing a roadblock, theft by unauthorized taking or …
ELLSWORTH — Deputies were asked to check into a possible case of animal cruelty Saturday after a caller reported a woman driving a blue Subaru slowly down a road with a white dog tied to the car running alongside. The incident allegedly occurred Saturday in Lamoine near Blunt’s Pond, Deputy Shane Campbell said. Campbell …
ELLSWORTH — An altercation between neighbors in Trenton led to a head injury for one man, who was flown to Eastern Maine Medical Center via LifeFlight Sept. 29, the Maine State Police reported. Troopers arrested Kenneth Crawford, 43, on a charge of aggravated assault. Crawford allegedly struck his neighbor’s father in the back of …
ELLSWORTH — A Dedham girl upset about rules her parents made contacted police to report that she didn’t feel safe with her parents. Lt. Pat Kane met with the girl and her parents. “…It is apparent the child was not in danger and was instead upset about the household rules,” said Kane. The rules …
ELLSWORTH — Maine State Police Troopers Cliff Peterson and Dan Ryan were sent to Route 1 in Orland to investigate a report that a man was jumping in front of moving vehicles. The jumping man advised the troopers he was trying to “end it.” They took the man to Eastern Maine Medical Center for …
BAR HARBOR — A 24-year-old Mount Desert man was warned for criminal threatening Sept. 25 after allegedly threatening staff in the obstetrics ward at Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor. Alan “A.J.” Walton was issued the warning at his home in Seal Harbor by Mount Desert police. Mr. Walton also was warned not …
ELLSWORTH — The Maine State Police are investigating a “home invasion” on Wadsworth Cove Road in Castine that occurred Sunday at 8:20 p.m. A man entered the residence, demanded money and assaulted two women at the home, police said. The man took an undisclosed amount of cash before leaving the residence on foot. The …
ELLSWORTH — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is handling a Hancock man’s alleged kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl in Kentucky over the weekend. Police in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., say Archie Whalen, 43, kidnapped the girl early Saturday morning from her Owensboro, Ky., home. The two were found when a Sturgeon Bay police officer spotted …
