Derik Broox Wight allegedly held a knife near the throat of a federal officer before he was shot by another officer at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta last year.
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Attorney general rules deadly Waterboro police shooting was justified
Deputy Levi Johnson shot 30-year-old Tyler Woodburn during a fight outside a house in Waterboro on Sept. 7, 2022.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Augusta police failed to identify themselves until last seconds in 2019 shooting of man
The Maine Deadly Force Review Panel, created the same year as the Augusta incident, recommends officers identify themselves as police officers loudly when knocking at someone’s door.
Posted inMaine, News
AG: Presque Isle officer legally justified in fatal shooting
The Maine attorney general’s office says a police officer was legally justified in fatally shooting a man who rammed a cruiser several times.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News, Uncategorized
Attorney general clears officers in 3 police shootings, but backlog continues
Police officers involved in three on-duty shootings were cleared of wrongdoing and were legally justified in using deadly force, the state Attorney General’s Office determined this week.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Suspect killed by York County deputy was Massabesic High School student
Police say the suspect shot in the attempted armed robbery was a 16-year-old boy from Limerick, but they released few other details about the incident.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Wales man shot, killed by state trooper responding to domestic violence report
WALES — A man was shot and killed early Monday in a confrontation with a state trooper in the Androscoggin County town of Wales, according to Maine State Police. William N. Derick, 54, was fatally shot at his mobile home at 485 Pond Road, Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said […]
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Officer shoots unruly client at mental hospital’s outpatient clinic in Augusta
AUGUSTA — An officer asked to assist mental health professionals at Riverview Psychiatric Center’s outpatient clinic with an unruly client ended up shooting the man, officials say. Officer Laura Drouin was dispatched at 3:40 p.m. to East Chestnut Street “at the request of mental health professionals who needed assistance with transporting a client to the […]
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Mayor eulogizes officer as cops outside turn backs
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of police turned their backs Sunday as Mayor Bill de Blasio eulogized an officer shot dead with his partner, repeating a stinging display of scorn for the mayor despite entreaties to put anger aside. The show of disrespect came outside the funeral home where Officer Wenjian Liu was remembered as […]
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Two cops ambushed, fatally shot in car; gunman kills himself
NEW YORK (AP) — The warning came just moments too late: A man who had shot his ex-girlfriend a few hours earlier had traveled to New York City and vowed online to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner. Just minutes before a wanted poster for Ismaaiyl Brinsley arrived […]