State police, sheriff’s office investigate Anson man’s death

Maine State Police

Published
September 17, 2020

State police, sheriff’s office investigate Anson man’s death

Dwain Libby, 52, of West Mills Road was found apparently ill and incoherent at his home Monday and died later that night at a Portland hospital.
Published
August 29, 2020

Greenville couple dead in apparent murder-suicide

Police say the last time anyone had contact with Linda and Stephen Coffman was in June.
Published
August 20, 2020

Man arrested, charged with murdering his mother in Lincoln

Police charged Adam Groves in the shooting death of 63-year-old Pauline Taylor of Lincoln.
Published
August 15, 2020

Ohio man arrested in Fairfield after high-speed chase on I-95

Patrick Smith, 24, of Ohio, was reportedly driving erratically and speeding down I-95 before State Police attempted to initiate a traffic stop Friday afternoon.
Published
August 15, 2020

Police arrest Connecticut man after chase in Waterville

Shelvonn Jones, 44, of Waterbury, Connecticut, was charged with ten offenses after leading Waterville Police on a high-speed chase Friday night.
Published
July 30, 2020

State police, facing intense scrutiny, invite media to tour secretive intelligence center

Top public safety officials attempt to demystify and justify the workings of the Maine Information and Analysis Center, a secretive intelligence unit that has come under intense scrutiny following allegations of abuse.
Published
July 27, 2020

CMP corridor opponents still in the dark about police surveillance

Opponents of the New England Clean Energy Connect project say they are frustrated at delays in obtaining information collected about them by a secretive Maine State Police intelligence unit.
Published
July 16, 2020

State police intelligence unit advisory board adds transparency, oversight measures

The advisory board of the Maine Information and Analysis Center will add 2 transparency and oversight measures to its twice-annual privacy audit, adding more visibility into the work of the police intelligence unit.
Published
July 15, 2020

Legislators support repealing law that keeps police surveillance techniques secret

A committee endorses the proposal to strike down a law that lets police agencies in Maine deny public records requests, but state police say such responses are warranted in some cases.
Published
July 12, 2020

Stolen documents show Maine police unit shifted focus from terrorism to routine crimes

The so-called fusion center, which has its roots in 9/11 and has taken heat for collecting data on citizens, now focuses on low-level offenses as well.