LEBANON — Maine State Police say the death of a young man whose body was found along the Long Swamp Road in Lebanon Saturday afternoon is under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled Sunday, June 22, at the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta, according to Maine State Police Spokesman, Stephen McCausland. The man is […]
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State trooper involved in shooting in Howland
HOWLAND — A state trooper wounded a Howland man in what police described as an armed confrontation at his Water Street home late Friday, state police said. Dale Saucier, 36, of Howland underwent emergency surgery at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after the incident, Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, […]
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Auburn man honored as ‘legendary trooper’
Retired Maine State Police Trooper Harold “Skid” Savage of Auburn has been given the Legendary Trooper award, the highest honor for a retired trooper. He received the honor Tuesday during the annual awards ceremony at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. Jarod Stedman of Troop E in Bangor was honored with the Trooper of […]
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Maine State Police honor top troopers in the state
VASSALBORO — Troopers from across Maine were among those honored Tuesday at the state police annual awards ceremony in Vassalboro. Earning the Charles Black Trooper of the Year honor was Jarod Stedman, who works out of Troop E in Bangor, according to Maine State Police Spokesman Stephen McCausland. Stedman was among 11 nominees for the […]
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Women lured victim to Rumford before he was robbed, kidnapped
RUMFORD — A local man sought by police for more than a week on suspicion of kidnapping, robbery and assault was arrested by Maine State Police in Gray on Wednesday. Randall J. Chapman, 37, of 48 Essex Ave. has been wanted since an incident May 19 when he fled over a guardrail toward the Androscoggin […]
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Peru traffic stop nets police two Rumford men on felony drug charges
PERU — Two Rumford men pleaded not guilty to felony drug trafficking charges at arraignments on Friday afternoon in Oxford County Superior Court in Paris. They were arrested by state police early Thursday evening following a traffic stop on Route 108 and taken to Oxford County Jail in Paris after failing to post $5,000 cash […]
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Sheriff: Former State Police chief admitted sexual abuse, attempted suicide
NEW GLOUCESTER — Andrew E. Demers, a former chief of the Maine State Police, admitted to detectives that he had unlawful sexual contact with a young member of his family, according to Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce. Joyce on Tuesday declined to discuss specifics of the alleged admission by Demers, 73, who was arrested Monday […]
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State police operations going ‘extremely well’ in Oxford County
PARIS — Maine State Police have been able to devote more resources to proactive law enforcement in Oxford County since dropping a call sharing agreement with the Sheriff’s Office, according to the state police commander in the region. In an email Thursday, Lt. Walter Grzyb said his Troop B operations, based in Gray, have been […]
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Hebron crash leads to drug charges
HEBRON — Police said a Mexico man faces felony drug charges after more than 50 prescription pills were found on him at the scene of a car crash Tuesday afternoon. Joseph Samson, 60, was charged with operating under the influence and possession of illegal drugs and booked at the Oxford County Jail in South Paris Tuesday, […]
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Maine State Police concerned about vehicles crashing into cruisers
SOUTH PORTLAND — Maine State Police are asking motorists to slow down and move over when they see an officer conducting a traffic stop on the state’s roadways, after several cruisers have been struck in the past few months. Maine State Police Corporal Lance McClish told WCSH-TV that crashes have been caused when drivers are […]