Headlines About Gun Violence in Maine
Examples are from local and national media outlets and have been edited for brief, illustrative headlines only.
Medical examiner says Maine man killed by gunshot wound to head
Associated Press, BUCKFIELD, Maine April 26, 2011— The Maine medical examiner's office says a 51-year-old man who was found dead in his Buckfield home last
week was killed by a gunshot wound to the head. Maine State Police called Gregg Belanger's death suspicious after he was found dead in his house last
Wednesday night by his ex-wife. According to the Sun Journal of Lewiston, the medical examiner's office has not released whether Belanger's death was a
suicide or the result of somebody shooting him.
Franklin County Arrest Log
Lewiston Sun Journal
Apr 26, 2011 12:00 am
FARMINGTON — The following were recently booked at the Franklin County Detention Center:
* William Armstrong, 46, New Vineyard, possession of firearm by unauthorized person, April 22, released to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Maine State
Police.
April 24
By Scott Monroe
Staff Writer
SKOWHEGAN — In the darkness of an October night, Kemp Lybrook held a handgun and cradled a semi-automatic rifle. The suicidal
Skowhegan man was surrounded by a Maine State Police tactical team and local police outside his home. He then made a move that ended
the five-hour-long standoff. A state police detective shot Lybrook, wounding him severely. Based on newly disclosed information, state
investigators and Lybrook remain at odds about what actually happened last year during that moment in the darkness, when guns were
drawn and uncertainty hung in the air.
Husband beats wife several times before landing in jail, police say
By Heather Steeves, BDN Staff
Posted April 21, 2011, at 8:03 p.m.
ROCKLAND, Maine — A Spruce Head man is sitting in Knox County Jail charged with committing a slew of crimes, including threatening to kill his wife after she
threatened divorce, according to court documents. William Waldron, 46, of Spruce Head is charged with domestic violence assault, domestic violence terrorizing,
possession of a firearm, aggravated criminal trespass and violating conditions of release involving two alleged crime sprees.
Bangor teen points gun at another, police say
By Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN Staff
Posted April 20, 2011, at 6:00 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — A woman near the Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street noticed a Bangor teenager pointing a gun at another person Tuesday afternoon and called
police who arrived in force, Sgt. Paul Edwards said Wednesday. Officer Joe Baillargeon and backup units responded to the junction of Davis and Main streets at
around 4 p.m. and found Alexander W. Moleon, 18, of Bangor. He had a .380-caliber handgun in a holster and told Baillargeon “that a group of armed guys
came after him,” the sergeant said. “There was no group found.” Even though Moleon was carrying the gun openly in a holster, “this holster is designed to
conceal the gun,” so he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, Edwards said. The gun also was seized as evidence, he said. Tuesday’s report of
Moleon with a gun is not his first.
Portland, Maine man charged with threatening gov, members of Congress
Associated Press, April 15, 2011 PORTLAND, Maine — A 50-year-old Portland man charged with threatening Maine Gov. Paul LePage and members of Congress is
being held without bail. He also was charged with being a felon in possession of a gun.
Maine man to plead guilty to public radio threats
The Associated Press
Posted April 09, 2011, at 12:46 p.m.
Last modified April 10, 2011, at 4:12 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he emailed death threats aimed at the hosts of the National Public Radio program
“All Things Considered.”
Court documents say 38-year-old John Crosby, formerly of Cape Elizabeth, threatened to torture and kill the hosts of the program. The messages started in
November and became more threatening. A search of his car turned up a shotgun and ammunition.
Facebook Posting Leads To Teen Arrests
Police: Threats Against School Posted On Facebook
POSTED: 6:05 pm EDT April 7, 2011
UPDATED: 7:45 am EDT April 8, 2011
NAPLES, Maine -- Charges are pending against two Lake Regional High School students and a former student in
connection with threats against the school posted on Facebook, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's
Department. The threats involved guns and the shooting of “many” people in general terms at the school. Those
alleged threats were posted on Facebook.
Bystander shot in leg during Augusta fight WGME 4/4/11
Police say a man suffered a gunshot wound following a fight early Sunday in Augusta. Augusta Police say they responded to a fight around 12:45 a.m. in front
of Bridge Street Tavern that spilled onto the roadway. Shots were fired and one man was hit in the thigh and taken to Central Maine Medical Center, according
to police. Police say the shooting victim wasn't involved in the fight and that the gunfire wasn't aimed at him.
Bangor police seek man who robbed Big Apple store
Posted April 04, 2011, at 10:16 a.m. BDN
Last modified April 04, 2011, at 2:36 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — Police are searching for an armed man who robbed the Big Apple convenience store on State Street early Monday and are asking for the
public’s help in identifying him, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said.
A 22-year-old store clerk called police at around 4:45 a.m. to report that a teenage or slightly older man with black, scruffy facial hair walked into the store at
146 State St. with a firearm and demanded money, he said.
Man Runs From Police, Leaves Gun
Parking Lot Patrol Causes Man To Bolt
POSTED: 3:59 pm EDT April 3, 2011
UPDATED: 4:30 pm EDT April 3, 2011 WMTW
PORTLAND. Maine -- A police patrol that was part of an effort to stop the thefts of catalytic converters ended up with
drugs and a gun instead. Lt. Scott Pelletier was in his cruiser in a parking lot behind the Clarion Hotel on Congress
Street on Sunday morning when he said he saw a suspicious person behind a flatbed truck with a crane on it, said Lt.
Jim Sweatt of the Portland Police Department. Pelletier tried to approach him, but the he fled. Sweatt said the man left
behind a backpack in the area that contained a gun and drugs. Police would not release information about the kind of
drugs and firearm because of an open investigation.
March 29
Katherine Paulson was killed while Kennebunk police were answering a domestic dispute call at her condo.
KENNEBUNK — Police had been called previously to the home of a 39-year-old woman who was fatally shot Sunday by an officer responding
to a report of a domestic dispute.Kennebunk police had gone to the condominium at 16 Nottingham Court, the home of Katherine Paulson,
a "handful" of times before Sunday on medical calls, Lt. Anthony J. Bean Burpee said Monday. He did not identify the other person who
lived at the condominium with Paulson, but neighbors said it was her mother. Both residents had medical issues, Bean Burpee said, but he
could not say what they were or provide details or dates of earlier police visits. Paulson was killed Sunday night by Officer Joshua Morneau
after she confronted him with a weapon, according to police. Details such as the type of weapon and the nature of the domestic dispute
were not released, but Bean Burpee said it was not simply her fists.
Hampden couple indicted on federal gun charges
Posted March 26, 2011, at 1:36 p.m.
Last modified March 27, 2011, at 4:21 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — A grand jury has indicted a Hampden man and woman for violating federal gun laws.Troy Bryant, 35, and Terra Whalen, 25, each were
indicted on charges of possession of stolen firearms and possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of controlled substances.
Bryant also was indicted for being in possession of firearms by a person previously convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence while Whalen was
indicted for possession of a firearm by a felon.
March 18
A judge gives Joseph Jenkins three years in prison.
Joseph Jenkins, 34, of Standish was sentenced to three years in prison for being a felon in possession of a gun.
Farmington Police Investigate Home Invasion
Police: 3 Masked Men Stole Laptop
POSTED: 3:37 am EDT March 18, 2011
UPDATED: 8:01 am EDT March 18, 2011 WMTW
FARMINGTON, Maine -- Farmington police said that about 9 p.m. Thursday, they received a report of a home invasion on
High Street. Police said three men, all wearing masks, burst into the home, where a woman was home alone. One of
the men had a firearm, according to police.
Man charged with threatening officer with gun
Posted March 11, 2011, at 7:33 p.m.
BELFAST, Maine — A Thomaston man was in some hot water after allegedly pointing a gun at a Belfast police officer on Wednesday night at the Admiral Ocean
Inn.
Brian Fogg, 20, was issued a summons on a charge of threatening display of a weapon after the March 9 incident, which began when Belfast Patrolman Brian
Lunt went to the hotel room to serve a protection from abuse charge on someone else.
New Sharon man accused of stealing drugs
By Donna M. Perry, Staff Writer Lewiston Sun Journal
Published Mar 09, 2011 12:00 am | Last updated Mar 09, 2011 12:00 am
NEW SHARON — A local man was arrested Sunday after Franklin County deputies investigated a complaint from a family member that he was
stealing prescription medication from them, county Lt. Niles Yeaton said Tuesday.
Dennis Smith, 52, of Flagg Road in New Sharon was arrested on felony charges of aggravated forgery, possession of a firearm by a
prohibited person and stealing drugs, Yeaton said.
Auburn man shoots friend accidentally
By Andrew Cullen, Staff Writer Lewiston Sun Journal
Published Mar 09, 2011 12:00 am | Last updated Mar 09, 2011 12:00 am
AUBURN — A local man accidentally shot and injured a friend with a .32 caliber handgun at his home Tuesday night. Joshua Becvar, 22, was
reassembling the firearm after cleaning it at his residence on Pleasant Street when the gun fired, police Lt. Scott Watkins said.
Police: Argument Over Money Ends In Shooting
No One Injured In Shooting
POSTED: 9:21 am EST March 9, 2011 WMTW
UPDATED: 9:28 am EST March 9, 2011
VIENNA, Maine -- Maine State Police said a man is in custody after police said he fired a shot a neighbor
Tuesday evening in the town of Vienna.
Police said Allan Stebbins got into an argument over money with the neighbor and fired a gun at him.
Portland Press Herald 03/08/11
2 Canadians held after guns found at Maine border
The Associated Press
BANGOR — Two Canadians women are being held without bail on charges they arrived at a Maine border crossing with Nova Scotia with
firearms and illegal drugs in their car. U.S. border officers say they found a loaded .45-caliber handgun and 15 purple pills in Crawley's purse.
They found a loaded 9 mm handgun with an obliterated serial number under the seat.
Bangor man to serve two years on federal gun charges
By Judy Harrison, BDN Staff
Posted March 04, 2011, at 1:00 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — A local man was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to two years in federal prison on gun charges. James
Christopher Smith, 28, of Bangor admitted he had gotten a friend to buy two guns for him, possessed the guns while he was addicted to
drugs and sold a gun and ammunition to a New York man. In September 2007, Smith had a friend purchase two semi-automatic handguns
from him in Brewer, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Smith paid the friend, who was not
identified in the press release, $100 and a small amount of drugs for the guns.
Armed robbery suspects to be arraigned Wednesday
By Sharon Kiley Mack, BDN Staff
Posted March 01, 2011, at 6:28 p.m.
BAILEYVILLE, Maine — A weekend crime spree that police believe was perpetrated by a Calais couple was “essentially a drug rip-off,”
according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine State Police, and the alleged victims of the armed robbery could possibly face
drug charges. “Cocaine is what started this chain of events,” McCausland said.
Bangor man arrested after reportedly acting suspiciously with gun at Dysart’s
By Dawn Gagnon
Posted March 01, 2011, at 8:56 p.m. Bangor Daily
HERMON, Maine — A man who reportedly went into Dysart’s Truck Stop & Restaurant late Friday night with a bandanna covering part of his
face and a pistol tucked into the waistband of his pants was arrested on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.
The fact that Darrin Norman Cobb, 24, who is originally from Lincoln but now has a Bangor address, had part of his face covered and was
packing a .40-caliber Glock when he arrived at Dysart’s prompted employees to call the police, Penobscot County Deputy Jay Hallett said.
Shooting appears to be self-inflicted
2/24/11
GORHAM, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Police are on the scene of a fatal shooting at a vacant business in Gorham.
The shooting scene is at the strip mall on Main Street or Route 25 at the intersection of Route 237.
State police say the shooting appers to be a suicide. They are waiting on the results of an autopsy to determine the exact
cause of death.
Robber Holds Up Gardiner Business
Police Looking For Robber
POSTED: 2:13 pm EST February 22, 2011
UPDATED: 2:57 pm EST February 22, 2011 WMTW
GARDINER, Maine -- Gardiner police are looking for the robber who held up Tiger Town Discount Beverage
Center Monday night on Main Avenue.
Police said a man in a sweatshirt pulled out a gun, pointed at an employee's face and told her to look
away as he went through the register.
Reports of gun shots, death threats investigated
edinan@seacoastonline.com
February 21, 2011 10:58 PM
KITTERY, Maine — Police said they are investigating reports of death threats made by a man with a loaded gun
Monday night at a Badger’s Island restaurant.
Kittery Police Sgt. Steven Furbish confirmed he had a man in custody in connection to the report of the death
threat, but was not prepared to release specific information because the incident was new and remained under
investigation.
On the other side of the Piscataqua River, Portsmouth police were investigating whether the Kittery incident was r
elated to two calls about gun shots fired in two neighborhoods.
Clinton Man Accused of Pulling a Gun,
Beating His Teenage Sister
By News 13
Story Created: Feb 22, 2011 at 7:38 AM EST
Story Updated: Feb 22, 2011 at 7:38 AM EST
23-year-old Adam Trott of Clinton is behind bars, accused of assaulting his juvenile sister and firing gunshots.
Officers in Clinton say they were called to a home around 1:30 p.m. on Monday. They say Trott was charged
with aggravated domestic assault, reckless conduct with a firearm, and criminal mischief.
Local teen shot and killed in Knox home
Feb 20, 2011 Village Soup
Knox — Maine State Police are investigating the shooting death of a local teenager who was
reportedly shot and killed inside a home in Knox on Saturday night.
Tyler Seaney, 19, was shot shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday while visiting a friend on Dolloff Road,
according to a press release from Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland.
McCausland's press release stated, "The gun apparently discharged while in the hands of a friend and
Seaney died moments later."
Jay man pleads guilty to growing marijuana
By Donna M. Perry, Staff Writer, Sun Journal
Published Feb 16, 2011 12:00 am | Last updated Feb 16, 2011 12:00 am
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Tuesday to growing more than 100 marijuana plants at his residence on Purington Road in March
2010.
In the plea agreement with the state, charges of illegal possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of scheduled drug was dismissed in
exchange for the guilty plea to felony cultivating marijuana.
Two charged in theft of handgun from Bangor home
Matthew Ayotte
BANGOR, Maine — A Hammond Street resident reported Saturday night that his home was broken into and a .45-caliber handgun was
missing. Police scoured the area in search of the thieves and the search paid off when they stopped two men walking on Union Street,
Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said on Monday.
Readfield man was shot to death, court papers say
An affidavit says Robert Orr died while sitting in a chair in his home, which was then set ablaze.
Staff Writer
Febuary 12
AUGUSTA - A Readfield man was shot to death while sitting in a chair in his home Tuesday night by a tenant who then robbed him, torched t
he home and fled, according to court documents.
Woolwich man arrested in connection with Lewiston shooting
Published Jan 28, 2011 4:22 pm | Last updated Jan 28, 2011 5:07 pm
LEWISTON — Lewiston police have charged Nicholas Malcolm, 22, of Woolwich with reckless conduct with a firearm following a shooting on
Marble Street on Jan. 22. According to Lt. Mark Cornelio, Lewiston police responded to a report of a disturbance at 81 Marble Street on that
date and discovered that gun shots had been fired at the residence. A woman was injured in the shooting and treated at Central Maine
Medical Center
Four charged with hunting violations
From Staff and Wire Reports
Posted Jan. 25, 2011, at 4:15 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Warden Service has brought charges against four men after a four-month investigation into illegal hunting in
Maine and Pennsylvania.O fficials said Tuesday they uncovered more than 100 violations in Maine after reports of two men exceeding the kill limit for deer last s
ummer. Eventually the investigation expanded to Pennsylvania, where hundreds more violations were alleged in October and December in
Armenia Township. Everett Tyler Leonard was charged with night hunting, illuminating wildlife, shooting a firearm from a motor vehicle, and hunting deer after
killing one.
Lewiston Drive-By Shooting Under Investigation
By News 13
Story Created: Jan 24, 2011 at 6:51 AM EST
Story Updated: Jan 24, 2011 at 6:51 AM EST
Police in Lewiston are investigating a drive-by shooting that happened Saturday night.
The shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m., when police say several shots were fired at a home at 81 Marble
Street. One woman suffered what police are calling a minor cut to the face, but she declined treatment.
Few details are being released, but Lewiston police are asking that anyone with information contact them at
207-795-9010.
Old Town teen caught using Christmas present to shoot cars
OLD TOWN, Maine — A 14-year-old boy using a high-powered pellet gun he got for Christmas shot at l
east four vehicles — including a brand-new 2011 pickup truck owned by the Penobscot Indian Nation Warden
Service — Tuesday afternoon as they drove by his Bennoch Road home, police say.
The first shooting was reported to Old Town police around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, Sgt. Travis Roy said
Thursday. “The pellet was embedded in the steel of the door about four inches below the window,” h
e said. “The impact was enough it shattered the driver’s window.”
Posted: January 18
Updated: Today at 1:28 AM PPH
Police seeking information in robbery of supermarket
A man who, police said, made no attempt to disguise his identity robbed the Shaw’s Supermarket on Waterman Drive on
Monday night. Sgt. Steve Webster said the suspect, a white male in his early 40s, entered the supermarket around 6 p.m.
and walked the length of the store before approaching the service desk, where he informed the clerks that he was robbing
them. Webster said the suspect mentioned a gun but never displayed a weapon. He then left the store with an undisclosed
amount of cash. No one was injured.
Posted: 8:01 AM
The Associated Press
BANGOR — A 19-year-old Maine man could spend a year in jail if convicted on charges he carried a 9 mm handgun into a
Bangor restaurant. Bangor Police say Alex Clendenning had the weapon in his belt when he went into the Denny's restaurant
early Sunday, scaring other people in the restaurant. When police arrived they say Clendenning was sitting with two other
men. Officers saw a magazine for the gun on the table with one bullet. He was charged with carrying a concealed weapon
and terrorizing.
Police: Auburn Standoff Ends Peacefully
Police Arrest Lewiston Man After He Surrenders
POSTED: 9:09 pm EST January 15, 2011
UPDATED: 1:14 am EST January 16, 2011
AUBURN, Maine -- Auburn Deputy Police Chief Jason Moen said a standoff on Pine Street ended peacefully
Saturday night.
Deputy Chief Moen said police arrested Ronald Briggs, 44, of Lewiston, after he surrendered at around
10:12 p.m. Saturday.
According to Moen, at 2:36 p.m. Saturday, Auburn Police responded to 31 Pine Street for a report of a
suicidal man armed with a gun.
2 to plead guilty to NH kidnapping, burglary
BRENTWOOD, N.H.—Two Maine residents are expected to plead guilty to state charges in New
Hampshire stemming from the burglary of the home of a Hampton police office and other crimes.
Thirty-two-year-old Adam Pento of Sanford, Maine, and 37-year-old Rebecca Paulhus of Kennebunk,
Maine are due to appear in Rockingham County Superior Court Thursday.
The two are also facing federal charges.
Police say the two broke into a police officer's house in North Hampton on Feb. 5, and stole items i
ncluding two handguns.
Woman charged with shooting at neighbor's dog
01/10/11
Staff Writer
CASCO — A Casco woman was charged this morning with reckless conduct with a firearm after she shot a .38 caliber revolver at a neighbor's
Labrador retriever, missing the dog but potentially endangering people in nearby homes, authorities said.
Deputies with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office charged Patricia Ann Smith, 47, at her home on 40 Tassel Trail.
Deputies initially responded at 6:41 a.m. to a report of a woman who had shot a black lab that was chasing her grandson. They found that S
mith had fired at the dog, but after the grandson had already boarded the school bus.
Smith had left her house to confront the dog which was not in her yard but on the public right of way, said Lt. Thomas Williams. Her claim
that she needed to shoot to defend herself or someone else was not true, he said.
Father, a convicted felon, not supposed to have firearm
Posted: January 10
Updated: Today at 10:04 PM
Former Monmouth officer turns himself in to Winthrop police. later released
A former Monmouth police officer faces a felony charge after allegedly buying a shotgun for a family member who's
prohibited from owning one.
Clint Childs, 25, of East Winthrop, turned himself in to Winthrop police Tuesday on a warrant charging him with aggravated
forgery. He was released on a $5,000 unsecured bond.
Bangor man remains jailed in assault on sister and her children
1/5/11 06:16 pm Updated: 1/5/11 09:01 pm
BANGOR, Maine — A local man who allegedly assaulted three of his relatives remained at the Penobscot
County Jail on Wednesday night unable to post $10,000 cash bail.
Dennis Wood, 46, of Bangor made his first appearance Wednesday afternoon before District Court Judge
Bruce Jordan at the Penobscot Judicial Center on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm,
domestic violence assault, two counts of assault and violation of a protection order.
Posted: January 4
Updated: Today at 10:02 PM
Kennebec Journal Staff
AUGUSTA -- A fatal shooting inside a State Street apartment Monday is an apparent suicide, police said.
Augusta police Detective Sgt. Matthew Clark offered no additional details about the investigation but confirmed that police did
not believe the death was suspicious.
The body was found inside an apartment building at 20 State St. shortly after 11 a.m., according to police. The victim was
found by a brother, according to a family member at the scene. The family member confirmed the victim died of a gunshot
wound inside the victim's apartment.
Police Search For Suspects In Ellsworth Holdup
Suspects Got Away With Nothing
POSTED: 10:21 pm EST December 31, 2010
ELLSWORTH, Maine -- An Ellsworth business owner said he was held up Thursday night at gunpoint.
Johnathan Tardiff, the owner of Needfull Things, said he had just closed his store and was about to
head home when a man jumped into his truck and pulled out a gun.
Bangor seventh-grader charged after police confiscate
handgun
12/23/10 01:27 pm Updated: 12/23/10 08:14 pm
BANGOR, Maine — A 14-year-old boy brought a handgun to school on Tuesday but school officials learned
of it and confiscated the weapon, police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Thursday.
“An unloaded .25-caliber pistol was retrieved from the locker of a 14-year-old seventh-grade male student
and taken into evidence,” Edwards said in a press release. “No ammunition was found on school property or
in the possession of the student.”
The James F. Doughty School student, whom police are not identifying because of his age, was charged on
Wednesday with possession of a firearm on school property.
Maine Man Killed in Eastbrook Shooting
12/13/2010 03:28 PM ET MPBN
The shooting of Machias resident Nicholas Richards, 23, outside a home in Eastbrook is
being classified as a homicide, authorities say.
Maine State Police say a man was shot to death today after a confrontation outside a
home in Hancock county town of Eastbrook. The victim is being identified as Nicholas
Richards, 23, of Machias, according to WCSH-TV.
Woman charged after she allegedly fired into a home while hunting
By Casey Sullivan
csullivan@seacoastonline.com
December 09, 2010 2:00 AM
WELLS — A Wells woman was charged with unlawful shooting or discharge of a firearm over or near a public
way after a bullet pierced through a Nella Street home Nov. 12, police said.
Diane Gregoire, 48, of 101 Cheney Woods Road, had been out hunting with her husband at 6:50 a.m. Nov. 12
when, according to Wells police Sgt. Kent Berdeen, she fired her rifle at a deer and missed.
The bullet, police said, traveled only 300 feet before it passed through the exterior wall of the home at 52 Nella
St. The bullet sliced through a closet door before finally landing on the bathroom floor of the residence,
according to a Wells police news release.
Published Dec 04, 2010 12:00 am | Last updated Dec 04, 2010 12:04 am Lewiston Sun Journal
RUMFORD — Two Rumford deer hunters were arrested on gun charges Tuesday afternoon after a Maine Warden Service investigation into
a deer hunting incident last week off Route 232, according to a service report on Friday.
Brandon M. Robin, 32, of 150 South Rumford Road, was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm by Maine State Police Trooper Kyle
Tilsley and taken to Oxford County Jail in Paris.
Warden Joshua Smith charged Eric S. Austin, 35, of Erchles Street, with reckless conduct with a firearm, being a convicted felon in
possession of a firearm, and hunting without a license.
Feds pressure dealer to admit illegal gun sales
A court filing accuses a Bath man of numerous violations, but he says he is being unfairly targeted.
By TREVOR MAXWELL Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (ME) November 30, 2010
A gun dealer from Bath is under federal investigation in a case in which he allegedly sold firearms to out-of-state residents, failed to check
buyers' backgrounds and violated record-keeping laws. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been
investigating the business of Richard Burgess since 2007, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Portland.
Verona Island Man Pleads Guilty To Drug & Gun Charges
Bangor - A Verona Island man waits to be sentenced after pleading guilty to
gun and drug charges. The U.S. Attorney's office says 25-year-old Timothy
Varnum pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
OxyContin and carrying a firearm during a drug crime. Varnum was arrested
at the Airport Mall in January where he tried to sell the pills to a witness
working for the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
DiPaola found dead: Maine police call it apparent
suicide
Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola was found dead in a Maine hotel room Saturday afternoon in what
police are calling an “apparent suicide” after the sheriff was discovered in his bed by police with what is believed
to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. DiPaola, 57, under fire this week after he acknowledged plans to exploit a s
tate pension loophole, was found with a single gunshot wound to the head in a room at the Lafayette Resort in
Wells, Maine, according to the local police department.
November 24
After hearing them enter, the homeowner holds one suspect at gunpoint until police arrive.
WESTBROOK — Westbrook police say a homeowner may have prevented a home invasion when he held one of the
suspects at bay with a shotgun.
Lt. Mike Nugent said Andrew Gagne, 21, of Standish drove with two friends to a home on Mill Lane in Westbrook shortly
before 10 Tuesday morning.
Gagne waited in the car while David Solak, 29, and Douglas L. Perez, 22, both of Standish, broke down the front door to
the home.
Bangor Police arrest man and charge him with trafficking
drugs
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER 11/24/10)-- Bangor Police say they have charged a Bangor man with aggravated t
rafficking of drugs and criminal threatening with a deadly weapon.
Police say, 21 old Bradley Murray was arrested early Tuesday morning. They say they got a call from a woman saying
she had been assaulted by by another woman, Amber Murray, and that Amber Murrays husband had threatened her
with a gun. An all points bulletin was issued for the car the couple was driving and it was pulled over on Ohio Street later
that night.
November 21
FAIRFIELD — A local man, who was charged recently in connection with the burglary of a convenience store, called police
Saturday night after he said a car pulled up and the driver shot him.
Erik D. Powers, 20, of Newhall Street, Fairfield, sustained a gunshot “flesh wound” to the shoulder and was treated and
released from a Waterville hospital, police said today.
Fairfield police said they did not have suspects in the shooting.
Bridgton Police Investigate Reported Kidnapping
Woman Says Man Approached Her With Gun
BRIDGTON, Maine – WMTW Nov 19, 2010 Bridgton police are investigating a reported kidnapping and assault
that happened on Wednesday. Police said a man approached a female who was pulled over on the
side of the road in the vicinity of Bear Trap Road and Route 107. Police said the man, armed with a
gun, forced the woman to drive him to Bethel. Police said the woman told them he assaulted her
before taking off.
Lewiston Sun Journal Published Nov 17, 2010 12:00 am | Last updated Nov 17, 2010 12:01 am
LEEDS — When Maine State Police found a loaded rifle in his vehicle, a local man suggested that maybe his 3-year-old nephew had loaded
the firearm.
On Sunday, 39-year-old Christopher Hanson was stopped by Trooper Tyler Stevenson on Route 219, after the trooper deemed his vehicle
suspicious, according to Sgt. Richard Mills of the Maine Warden Service.
Previous to the stop, Mills said, Hanson had been hunting a deer that had run onto posted property, and he had gone in search of the
property owner to ask to pursue the deer.
Teen charged with firearm theft, car vandalism
dmcdermott@seacoastonline.com
November 06, 2010 2:00 AM
KITTERY, Maine — A local teenager has been arrested in connection with the vandalism of a series of vehicles
last weekend. During the
investigation, police also recovered a 12-gauge shotgun reported stolen from a vehicle in mid-October. Emery
was subsequently charged
with felony counts of aggravated criminal mischief and theft of a firearm.
Man facing charges for stand off in Bangor
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- The man involved in a standoff with police in Bangor over the weekend is now facing charges. 34
year old Shawn "Dominic" Nobrega of Bangor is being charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. Police were called to the home on
the lower part of Main Street Saturday evening.
They say Nobrega had threatened to hurt himself and had access to weapons. The Bangor police Department's Special Response Team
was called and tear gas was fired into the home just after midnight. Nobrega was taken into custody and brought to Eastern Maine Medical
Centerfor evaluation. Police say Nobrega could face additional charges. No one was seriously injured in the standoff.
Officer finds marijuana, loaded gun during stop
10/22/10 09:09 pm Updated: 10/22/10 09:13 pm
NEWPORT, Maine — A traffic stop at about 2:20 a.m. Thursday led to the discovery of marijuana in bulk and a loaded
firearm in a vehicle, according to Newport police Lt. Randy Wing. Officer Stephen Morrell smelled marijuana after pulling
over Dylan Pray, 18, of Bradford and his passenger, Benjamin Skolfield, 19, of Charleston. After seeing two shotguns in
the back seat of the vehicle, Morrell was given permission by Pray to check them, according to Wing. One of the shotguns
was loaded.
A Newton man is accused of stealing an AR-15 assault rifle and then selling it at the Kittery (Maine) Trading Post.
Dustin Mears, 20, was arrested on a warrant Friday at the Rockingham County Jail where he is being held on a
burglary charge out of Newton. Mears allegedly stole the firearm from a Hampton residence on Oct. 2 and then
sold it to the trading post. Hampton police recovered the firearm with the assistance of Kittery police.
October 18, 2010
5:12 PM
HIRAM — State Police say a 76-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after being shot in the head this morning outside her home on Pilgrim
Drive. Yvonne Dorrity was shot around 11 a.m. by 20-year-old Sean McNulty, of Parsonsfield, who was target shooting in a sand pit
across the street from her home. Trooper Corey Huckins said McNulty was target shooting into gallon-size milk jugs filled with water in the
sand pit. He said McNulty was about 120 feet from the jug when he fired one round into it, causing it to explode. The bullet then
ricocheted from the water jug and continued another 350 feet and struck Dorrity above her right eyebrow, he said. McNulty was not
arrested, but was charged with reckless conduct.Dorrity was treated at her residence for non-life threatening injuries. She refused to go to
the hospital, Huckins said. “She is very lucky,” he said. “An inch to the left it would have killed her.”
October 9
The Maine Warden Service is investigating a fatal shooting that occured this afternoon on Rattlesnake Mountain in Casco, according to
Maine State Police.The shooting involved a juvenile and may have been accidental. Further information was unavailable.
Drive-By Shooting Lands Man In Jail
Shooting Happened At Sanford Convenience Store
POSTED: 10:33 am EDT October 8, 2010
UPDATED: 10:46 am EDT October 8, 2010
SANFORD, Maine -- A Lebanon man is under arrest in connection with a drive-by shooting in Sanford. Bruce Jones,
49, was arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting at Sleeper's Market on Sept. 27. A search warrant of
Jones' home was issued Thursday. Investigators took some items of interest. Police are unsure of a motive but
said there is a possibility the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident between Jones and another driver a
short time before.
Skowhegan Man Shot in Armed Standoff
10/05/2010 01:57 PM ET MPBN
Kemp Lybrook, 28, was shot and wounded near his Middle Road home last night after a confrontation with police.
The Maine Attorney General's Office is investigating a police-involved shooting during an armed standoff last night in Skowhegan. Authorities say Kemp Lybrook, 28, was shot
and wounded near his Middle Road home in a confrontation with a state police trooper. The AG's office says the shooting occurred after the state police Tactical Team and
Skowhegan Police Department went to the residence after getting a report of a despondent man with a gun behaving in a threatening manner. The Tactical Team was outside
the residence for several hours. Initial reports indicate that Lybrook was shot by state police Trooper Mark Sperrey when he approached a second officer and Sperry with an
assault rifle in a wooded area behind his house. Lybrook was taken to a hospital where he underwent surgery for a single gunshot wound. His condition has not been
released. The Maine State Police and Skowhegan Police Department are also investigating the shooting.
October 5
People told police they were frightened by the men living at a home on Route 114 in Standish.
A police raid at a home in Standish led to three arrests and the seizure of drugs and an arsenal that included a stolen pistol and a sniper rifle
that's capable of piercing police body armor. A .22 caliber handgun with the serial number scratched off was among the weapons seized
during a drug raid in Standish on Monday. Three men were arrested. Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion said anonymous tips from
residents who feared the men living at 450 Richville Road – Route 114 – prompted a four-month investigation that culminated with Monday's
no-knock search.
Two hunting accidents reported Saturday
CHARLESTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) Oct 2, 2010 -- The incident happened around 1:30 Saturday afternoon while the teen was bird hunting with three other
people. According to the Maine Warden Service the three hunters had leaned their shotguns against a truck parked on Ridge Road in Charleston.When one gun
tipped over, knocking over another shotgun, the 15- year-old tried to catch the gun before it hit the ground According to Maine Warden Service Sgt. Christopher
Simmons, the gun went off as the teen grabbed the end of the barrel. Also Saturday officials say twin 12-year-old brothers were bird hunting on Covell Road in
Fairfield when one of them fired at a bird and accidentally hit his brother.The injury is being described as non life-threatening. NEWS CENTER
Man Makes 'Suicide by Cop' Attempt in Portland
By News 13
Story Created: Oct 1, 2010 at 6:29 AM EDT
Story Updated: Oct 1, 2010 at 6:40 AM EDT
Portland police shut down part of Washington Avenue near Canco Road just before 6 p.m. on Thursday after a man allegedly
made threats with a gun inside an apartment, reportedly attempting suicide by cop, according to police on scene. Police say the
man inside threatened to shoot a hole in the ceiling and then kill himself, even if that meant pointing the gun at police, forcing
them to fire. Surrounding homes, businesses and sidewalks were cleared as police armed with assault rifles coaxed a man out of
the building near Tamarlane Apartments. No one was hurt and the man was taken into custody safely and brought to Maine
Medical Center for a psychological evaluation.
Body shop burglary arrests stem from gun-theft investigation
By Tanya Mitchell | Sep 27, 2010
Winterport — Two men who were arrested at the close of a local investigation into a burglary at a
Winterport auto body shop are also linked to a broader case involving gun thefts that took place in
Orrington and Millinocket last month.Justin McCowan, 21, of Orrington and 19-year-old Brandon
Caparotta of Winterport have both been arrested and charged with burglary and theft. Caparotta was
arrested Aug. 26, and McCowan was arrested Sunday, Sept. 26. McCowan and Caparotta are accused of breaking into
Forrest Auto Body in Winterport Aug. 17 and taking a wide range of tools with a combined value of $35,000.
Police recovered a total of 22 guns from an Orrington residence, identified in court records as
McCowan’s home, where Corey Damon dropped them off after the burglary.
Police, Drug Agents Arrest Three in Portland Raid
By News 13
Story Created: Sep 29, 2010 at 8:07 AM EDT
Armed with an arrest warrant, the Portland Police Department's special reaction team and agents from the Maine Drug
Enforcement Agency raided a Portland apartment early Tuesday morning. Police swarmed the second floor of 142 Grant Street
around 2 a.m. When they got in, they detained eight people and arrested three of them. Investigators took 45-year-old Joseph
Cameron into custody for allegedly selling cocaine. 47-year-old Modou Fall and 28-year-old Mohamed Ahmed were both charged
with trafficking dangerous knives. Officers also seized a gun inside the apartment.
10:23 AM September 11, 2010
PORTLAND – Police are investigating two separate incidents of shots being fired overnight in the city.No one was hurt or arrested in either of
the shootings, which occurred on Fox Street near Kennedy Park on the peninsula and in Riverton Park on Portland's northern edge.
Turner Man Charged With Robbing Lewiston
Convenience Store
Bail Set At $25K For Lewiston Robbery Suspect
POSTED: 12:08 pm EDT September 18, 2010
UPDATED: 1:19 pm EDT September 18, 2010
LEWISTON, Maine -- A 33-year-old Turner man is being held on $25,000 cash bail on charges he robbed a Lewiston
convenience store early Saturday morning. Lewiston police said they arrested Justin B. Donaldson at the intersection
of Pine and Park streets at approximately 3:15 a.m. About an hour earlier, police went to the Cumberland Farms
convenience store at 701 Main St. after the clerk reported that she had been robbed by a man with a gun. Officers
said they found a black pistol BB gun that resembled a semi-automatic hand gun in Donaldson's car. Police said the
store clerk was not hurt in the robbery.
Peru man injured when rifle explodes
9/18/10 07:13 pm Updated: 9/18/10 07:14 pm
ROXBURY, Maine — A Peru man suffered injuries to his right hand when the lever action on the Marlin 45-70
rifle he was using exploded upon firing during target practice at a gravel pit in Roxbury. Kevin Hostetter, 49, was
target practicing at a gravel pit off of Walker Brook Road in Roxbury around noon Saturday when the explosion
occurred, according to a press release from Deborah Turcotte, spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife. Injuries included a dislocated thumb as well as cuts and burns. The Maine Warden Service
is investigating the incident. The firearm will be tested at the Maine State Police Crime Lab’s firearms lab to
determine the cause of the explosion.
Augusta Man Arrested in Bank Robbery
By News 13
Story Created: Sep 14, 2010 at 7:34 AM EDT
36-year-old Jonathan Linton of Augusta was arrested on Monday after allegedly holding up the Savings Bank of
Maine in Manchester. Police say Linton was armed with a gun, demanded money, and took off -- but not before
he was spotted by a former employee of the sheriff's office. Linton was arrested after a high-speed pursuit.
Woman charged, hospitalized after standoff in Medway
9/9/10 10:45 am Updated: 9/9/10 10:20 pm
MEDWAY, Maine — A town woman, distraught over family difficulties, was hospitalized Thursday after police said
she fired a gun and barricaded herself in her home for 10 hours. No injuries were reported.
Lynn Hale, 55, was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm and taken to Millinocket Regional Hospital for
evaluation, East Millinocket Police Chief Garold “Twig” Cramp said. A hospital spokesman declined to comment
about whether she was still there late Thursday.
Police find marijuana at Roque Bluffs home
9/9/10 11:19 pm Updated: 9/9/10 11:24 pm
MACHIAS, Maine — A Roque Bluffs man was arrested Wednesday after police executed a search warrant at his
home and confiscated marijuana, a rifle and nearly $13,000 in cash, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s
Office. The trafficking charge was elevated to aggravated because of the presence of a gun at the home,
according to Smith.
10:57 AM
Joseph P. Green killed David Harmon as he was trying to steal marijuana growing on the suspect's property,
police say.
A 44-year-old Windham man was charged Tuesday night with the shooting death of David Harmon, also of Windham, in what
police said was a confrontation involving the theft of marijuana. Joseph P. Green of 38 Roosevelt Trail was arrested around
7 p.m. at his mother's home in Casco and charged with murdering Harmon, 40, whose body was found Aug. 31 on Green's
property.
12:08 PM
A 23-year-old Standish man faces charges of burglary, theft and theft of a firearm following a break-in on Route 25 in
Standish Monday afternoon. The residents returned to their home and found a man inside, deputies said. The burglar fled
with a camouflage bag containing a 12-gauge shotgun, two laptop computers, DVDs and a Playstation 3, deputies said.
Posted: September 7
Updated: Today at 10:19 PM
Forced burglary foiled
JEFFERSON -- Police are on the hunt for an armed man who unsuccessfully tried to force his way into a home Saturday night,
allegedly sticking the barrel of his gun through a door opening and claiming to be from the Maine State Police. He escaped
after a brief struggle with residents. Lt. Michael Murphy of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said the man tried to force his
way into the home on Noyes Lane at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
County man faces drug, threat charges
9/6/10 09:53 pm Updated: 9/6/10 09:59 pm Bangor Daily
SILVER RIDGE, Maine — A response by police to a domestic disturbance at a local home Friday resulted in the
homeowner’s arrest and the discovery of about 50 marijuana plants in various stages of growth.
Dominic Frasca, 52, who moved from New York to Maine this spring, was arrested and charged with criminal
threatening, aggravated cultivation of marijuana, and prohibited possession of a firearm. He was taken to the
Aroostook County Jail, where his bail was set at $2,250.
Posted: September 5
Updated: Today at 10:35 PM
Police decline to discuss a motive for the attack, in which a local woman was shot in the stomach.
By KEITH EDWARDS Kennebec Journal
GARDINER - A local man has been arrested for allegedly shooting his live-in girlfriend in the stomach.
Gardiner police arrested Kenneth L. Sirmans, 40, Friday night and charged him with aggravated assault and aggravated reckless
conduct, both felonies. Police received a 911 call from Sirmans around 2:30 p.m. Friday, according to Chief James Toman.
Police responded within a minute and found Allison Wainwright, 40, had been shot once in the stomach with a handgun. The
gun was recovered at the scene. The shooting occurred in the upstairs living room of the 25 Washington Ave. apartment
Sirmans and Wainwright shared. Sirmans was still on the phone with a dispatcher when police arrived.
Gorham Police Search For Two Suspects In Armed Robbery
Burger King On Main Street Robbed At Gunpoint
POSTED: 5:57 am EDT September 2, 2010 WMTW TV
UPDATED: 10:03 am EDT September 2, 2010
GORHAM, Maine -- Gorham police are searching for two men in the early-morning armed
robbery of the Burger King on Main Street. Investigators told News 8 just after 1 a.m., two men
approached an employee outside the business. They said one of the men had a baseball bat, the other
had a handgun. Police said the clerk gave the men money and they ran off.
East Machias woman arrested in gun incident
Resident reportedly fired shots, threatened
8/31/10 03:57 pm Updated: 8/31/10 10:55 pm
EAST MACHIAS, Maine — A local woman was arrested Monday night after she reportedly fired a handgun inside
her mobile home and made threats she was going to kill “everyone.” Police were called just before 7 p.m. to the
Hadley Lake Road residence of Louisa Landeen, 41. According to Sheriff Donnie Smith, Landeen was intoxicated
and had fired a handgun in the home. She also had told family members that she was “going to kill everyone,”
Smith said.
Bangor Man Charged in Shots-Fired Incident
by Carolyn Callahan - August 29th 2010 07:04pm Bangor Daily
Holden - Police have arrested a 25-year-old Bangor man involved in a shots-fired incident in Holden Saturday afternoon. Daniel Day is charged with armed robbery, aggravated reckless conduct with a firearm and criminal mischief.
According to Sergeant Eugene Fizell with the Holden Police Department, a call came in just before 3 o'clock Saturday
afternoon from a family member of Day stating the 25-year-old had numerous guns and was distraught. The Maine
State Police Tactical Team, Maine Warden Service, Penobscot County Sheriff's Department and Holden police responded
to the call.
Several gun shots were fired by Day in the back yard of his grandmother's home on Mann Hill Road in Holden. When
officers approached Day, Fizell says shots were fired in the direction of the officers. Day did surrender a little more than
an hour after authorities arrived.
Maine man charged in theft of 12 guns
August 25, 2010 15:25 EDT WGME
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- A 19-year-old Maine man is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing a dozen firearms from a gun shop.
Corey Ryan Damon, of Millinocket, is being held at the Penobscot County Jail on $10,000 cash bail. Police told the Bangor Daily News that
Damon is accused of breaking into the Mill Creek Road & Gun Shop in Orrington at about 3 a.m. Monday. Besides the federal
charges, Damon is charged with burglary and theft, criminal mischief and other offenses.
Posted: August 18,2010
Updated: Today at 10:14 PM
WINTHROP — Police recovered all 34 guns and the ammunition stolen early Saturday from Audette's Hardware store, and have identified a
suspect in the theft. Winthrop Police Chief Joseph Young said the suspect, John Joseph Woodley, 49, of Winthrop led police to the cache
of weapons.
York police said a shooting inside a home in the area of Broadway and Iris Avenue Monday night was a suicide.
A 56-year-old man had been observed by neighbors yelling in a rage outside his home, police said. The man was then seen going back inside.
Neighbors then reported they heard a gunshot. Police arrived at the scene at 5:50 p.m. and removed an elderly man from the home and
evacuated nearby residences. The elderly man told police the younger man in the house was his son and had been making suicidal threats
during the day. Attempts by police to reach the man by phone were unsuccessful. At 9:20 p.m. a gunshot was fired inside the home. Police
entered the home at 11:45 p.m. and discovered the man had killed himself.
12:14 PM
GRAY — Officials with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office say no charges have been lodged against a Gray man whose family was
concerned about him because he was allegedly drunk, holding a rifle and refusing to speak with sheriff's deputies. Relatives of the man, who
lives on Center Road, called police around 10 p.m. Monday because they were concerned about their safety. They said the man had been
drinking most of the day and had become verbally abusive toward them, according to a press release issued today by Capt. Jeff Davis. Davis
said deputies convinced the man to leave his house around midnight. He was not charged with any crimes because he did not threaten to
harm himself or others, Davis said. The incident was not described as a standoff by sheriff's deputies.
Posted: August 3
Updated: Today at 12:43 AM
The Starks man appeared to have 'emotional issues,' the Skowhegan police chief says.
Story could not be found
Posted: August 3
Updated: Today at 11:30 PM
A long-running dispute between two lobster fishermen escalates into a fight on a pier on Sunday.
By SHARON KILEY MACK Bangor Daily News
MACHIASPORT - A feud that apparently has been simmering for at least a year between fishing families in the Machiasport area flared up
Sunday evening, with one lobsterman arrested on an assault charge and another charged with criminal mischief. In the latest incident, police
converged at about 6 p.m. Sunday on the pier at BBS Lobster Co. where John Wood, 43, and Jessie Moody, 21, both of Machiasport,
allegedly were fighting. Washington County Deputy Brandon Parker said both men are lobster fishermen with a history of disputes.
Moody was arrested and charged with assaulting Wood with a 4-foot lobster trap runner, and Wood was charged with criminal mischief after
he allegedly broke out the windows in Moody's pickup truck. Parker said the situation escalated when someone reported to police that a
handgun was involved and family members and others began arriving at the pier. No one needed medical attention, Parker said.
Threat with Air Soft gun leads to teen's arrest
edinan@seacoastonline.com
July 31, 2010 2:00 AM
KITTERY, Maine — Police were called to Admiralty Village on Thursday night, when it's alleged a teenager held an Air Soft gun to a
12-year-old's eye and threatened to shoot. Police Chief Ed Strong said a 15-year-old is charged with criminal threatening with a
dangerous weapon, which can be levied as a felony. "Due to the circumstances and the severity of charge, he's being held at juvenile
detention center," said the chief. Strong said officers received a report about a teenager threatening to shoot a boy with a BB gun at
7p.m. Responding officers learned the youths were in a recreation section of the military housing project and had been involved in an e
arlier disagreement, he said. Several youths ranging in age from 9 to 12 told police the teenager held a loaded Air Soft pistol against the 12-year-old's face
and eye and threatened to "blind" him, Strong said. "They can be dangerous, especially when you're holding them against someone's
head," he said, adding Air Soft guns shoot plastic pellets. Strong said, when properly used with "appropriate safety clothing and goggles,
" the Air Soft guns are "not regarded as harmful." At close range, he said, "and against very soft tissue such as an eye, the pellet can
inflict serious injury."
7/25/10
Posted: 9:39 AM
Updated: 3:23 PM
PORTLAND — A 22-year-old man from New York was shot and killed early today at an apartment complex he was living in on Allen Avenue in
Portland. Portland Police responded to an apartment at 55 Allen Ave. around 3:40 a.m. early today after a 911 caller reported one person
had been shot. Police found the victim in the apartment. Emergency rescue workers provided medical aid, but he was pronounced dead at
the scene.
7/23/10 Posted: 5:43 PM
Updated: 5:58 PM
The Associated Press
SORRENTO — Police have launched a manhunt after a woman vacationing in Maine reported being abducted from a local street and assaulted.
Maine State Police Lt. Christopher Coleman says the woman was walking in the village of Sorrento today when a man armed with a pistol
dragged her into a green minivan, where she was sexually assaulted. He says police were combing the roads of Sorrento
7/20/10 11:38 AM
State police suspect that Mike Lagarde, 50, shot his wife, Freda, 44, then turned the gun on himself.
HOLLIS - A husband and wife whose bodies were found in their home Wednesday afternoon apparently died in a murder-suicide, state police
said. State police detectives and York County sheriff's deputies said it appeared that Lagarde had shot his wife before turning the gun on
himself, said Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
7/15/10 | Bangor man arrested after standoff with police
BANGOR, Maine — A Bangor man with a lengthy criminal record was arrested early Thursday after he reportedly fired a handgun out an
upstairs window of his Center Street apartment Wednesday night, then threatened to kill anyone who knocked on his door, police said. “He
made threats he had a gun and said if they showed up at his door there would be a shootout,” Bangor police Lt. Steve Hunt said Thursday.
“He also said someone was going to die.”
July 15, 2010 Eagle-Tribune, Andover MA
'Burly bandit' may have been caught in Maine
By Doug Ireland and Jo-Anne MacKenzie Staff Writer
A man arrested in Orono, Maine, yesterday morning may be the notorious "burly bandit," suspected of robbing at least 10 banks in four New England states,
including banks in Londonderry and Hampstead. The man robbed six other banks in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island before he first brandished a
handgun during the Londonderry and Hampstead
Police seek Orono robber
Suspect in bank heist may be driving U-Haul
7/13/10 12:00 am
ORONO, Maine — Police say they are searching for a bank robber who claimed he had a weapon when he walked into the
Bangor Savings Bank on Park Street around 3 p.m. Tuesday and demanded money. The suspect had not been arrested
Tuesday night. “Subject claimed to have a weapon and got away with an undisclosed amount of money,” Orono police
Capt. Josh Ewing said in a statement.
Man Hospitalized After Accidentally Shooting Himself
A Bangor man is hospitalized with a gunshot wound after he was accidentally hit by a bullet from a gun allegedly stolen from a vehicle. State police say 26-year old
Jack Doughty and two other men, 19-year old Robert Russell and 22-year old William Campbell, both of Island Falls, broke into vehicles parked at a residence on
Mattawamkeag lake last Friday. Doughty allegedly stole a handgun from one of the cars. While running from the scene, that firearm apparently went off, hitting
Doughty in the leg. He's hospitalized in stable condition. The three men are facing multiple charges.
Jul 11, 2010 9:41 am US/Eastern
Maine Man Charged With Shooting Neighbor
BROWNFIELD, Maine (AP) ― A Brownfield man is in jail for allegedly shooting another man while interceding in a family dispute. Oxford County Sheriff Wayne
Gallant said 42-year-old Keith Brain was charged with elevated aggravated assault for allegedly shooting 38-year-old James Walsh in the leg and arm at about
4:20 p.m. Saturday at a home on Moore Road. Walsh was taken to Bridgton Hospital, and his injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Gallant said Brain fled into the woods after the shooting. He was arrested after emerging shortly before 9 p.m.
Man Shot, Killed Near Togus VA Hospital Identified
Person Shot, Killed From Medway
POSTED: 10:54 am EDT July 8, 2010
UPDATED: 7:26 pm EDT July 8, 2010
AUGUSTA, Maine --
A man was shot and killed Thursday morning near the gate of Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Route 17.
Center employees who were on break heard gunshots in the area and called police.
The Maine attorney general's office said that at about 9 a.m., there was a confrontation between James Popkowski,
37, an armed military veteran from Medway, a Togus police officer, Thomas Park, and Maine Game Warden Sgt. Ron
Dunham. Popkowski was shot and killed during the confrontation. Warden Joey Lefebrve witnessed the confrontation,
but did not use deadly force.
Man pleads not guilty in Husson stabbing
7/6/10 |
BANGOR, Maine — A local man accused of stabbing his estranged wife in a Husson University parking lot in May entered not
guilty pleas Tuesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center to charges related to the incident. Horst Wolk, 45, pleaded not guilty to
attempted murder, aggravated assault, violation of a protection order and criminal threatening.
His estranged wife, a nursing student at Husson, was rescued May 5 when five female Husson students subdued Wolk about
7:40 a.m. Wolk’s wife was treated at St. Joseph Hospital for stab wounds to a leg and her neck shortly after the stabbing, and
then was released.
The 35-year-old victim also told police that on March 4, Wolk held a gun to her head and pulled the trigger. Apparently the gun
was unloaded. She said her husband had described in detail how he was going to kill her and bury her in a landfill in rural
Penobscot County, according to a Bangor police report.
She told police on April 23, when she received a temporary protection from abuse order, that Wolk belongs to a movement in
Germany that denies the Holocaust took place. She also said he had been a member of the German army and was trained as a
sniper.
Police arrest suspect in bank heist
7/6/10 |
BANGOR, Maine — A local woman who police believe robbed a downtown bank on Tuesday morning and then fled in a waiting
taxi was arrested about two hours later at an apartment building in Bangor. Matisha Marie Pitts, 25, of Bangor has been charged
with bank robbery and will be detained until her initial court appearance, which is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at U.S.
District Court in Bangor. Police went to a 911 call from Bangor Savings Bank on State Street shortly after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
According to a court affidavit written by FBI special agent James Herbert, Pitts approached the counter and handed the teller a
note. “I have a gun in my purse. … give me all your 20s and tens or I’ll start shooting … if any 1 (sic) tried and stop me B4 I
leave I’ll shot (sic) … No Joke,” the note read.
July 3
Kennebec Journal Staff
A Hallowell man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for illegal firearm possession.
Matthew Mason, 28, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 51 months in prison and three years supervised release,
according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's office.
Mason pleaded guilty July 22, 2009 to the federal crime of possession of a firearm by a person subject to a protection-from-abuse order.
Court records reveal that, in August 2008, a Maine District Court judge issued a protection-from-abuse order against Mason.
The order, valid through August 2010, prohibited Mason from harassing, stalking or threatening a partner. The order also prohibited Mason
from possessing a firearm. Mason threatened another person with a gun in March 2009. Police subsequently found Mason with a loaded gun
under his jacket, according to officials.
July 1
PORTLAND
Police seeking suspect who fired shots into apartment
Police are trying to find the person who fired several shots into an apartment early Tuesday morning.
The shooting occurred at 109 Woodford St. around 2:24 a.m. Two men were in the area where the shots hit but no one was hurt, said
police Lt. Gary Rogers.
June 26
The Associated Pres
BROOKS — Maine state police say a woman was shot to death and her husband charged with murder.
State police and the Waldo County sheriff's office say the 49-year-old woman's body was found inside the couple's ranch-style home in
Brooks on Friday night.Police went to the home just after 7 p.m. when a relative called to report the shooting.They say the woman's
48-year-old husband was taken into custody by troopers and deputies while sitting nearby in his truck with a friend. He's been jailed in
Belfast and is expected to appear in court Monday or Tuesday. A rifle believed to have been used in the shooting was recovered.
Union man, 37, charged in threatening
Girlfriend presents audio tape of plan to frame teenage son
ROCKLAND, Maine — A man threatened to kill his live-in partner and make it look as if their teenage son had shot her, a
ccording to allegations the woman made to police.
Stanley Holloway, 37, of Union, who denied the accusations, was arrested for criminal threatening among other charges and is
being held on $5,000 bail at Knox County Jail.
“[The woman] advised that while in the bedroom, Holloway was located on the bed, holding a pistol and checking the action of
the gun,” according to Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Donald Murray’s report. “[She] advised that Holloway began to make
comments on how he could shoot and kill her and make it look like their son [name deleted] had done it.” Murray reviewed the
recordings and wrote that Holloway “described how he could kill her and then kill [their son] and place [their son’s] fingerprints
on the gun.”
According to a transcript of some of the recordings, a man’s voice, who the woman identified as Holloway, described how
many rounds were in the gun and how he might kill the dog with a knife before shooting the woman and their son in their heads.
Shots fired in Brewer Wednesday
6/16/10 |
BREWER, Maine — Windows at a site under renovation at the Wilson Square Shopping Plaza were found riddled with bullet
holes Wednesday, and police are looking for information about who did the early morning shooting.
Police have determined that shots from a handgun or rifle were fired around 5:15 a.m., according to Brewer police Capt.
Jason J. Moffitt. “There were people working” in the building, he said. “Nobody was close enough to see anything, but they were close enough
to hear a noise.” No one was injured in what is believed to be a drive-by shooting.
Franklin man faces domestic violence charges
FRANKLIN, Maine (WLBZ NEWS CENTER -5/30/10) --- Authorities have arrested a local man for allegedly threatening his family with a gun
early Saturday morning.
Police were notified within the hour and Ray was apprehended a short time later at the home. Charges brought against him include reckless
conduct as well as threatening with a dangerous weapon.
Investigation of Chester hunting accident continues
5/29/10 |
CHESTER, Maine — Penobscot County District Attorney R. Christopher Almy is awaiting the Maine Warden Service’s
completion of its investigation of what officials have called an accidental shooting that partially blinded a turkey hunter in Chester
on May 11. On the day it happened, Maine Warden Service Lt. Thomas Ward said investigators suspected the shooting was
caused by mistaken identity of a target. As Jewell sat on the ground, obscured by thick leaves and branches, his friend Joel
Susen, 29, of Chester, hit him with a blast of turkey shot from about 40 yards away.
May 27
The charge against Jon Brown is elevated because of a previous murder charge dating to the 1980s.
By David Hench Staff Writer Maine Sunday Telegram Jon Brown, a 52-year-old ex-convict who tried to murder someone in the 1980s,
now is accused of trying to kill the man who helped to raise him. Brown was charged formally Wednesday with aggravated attempted murder,
elevated aggravated assault and robbery. His bail was set at $500,000. He is being held in the Cumberland County Jail. Police say he beat
Harold Small with a blunt object Sunday night at Small’s home in Gray, tied him up with duct tape and then shot him in the head with a small-
caliber rifle. Small, 64, freed himself and went to a neighbor’s home for help.
State Police: Prentiss shooting a murder-suicide
PRENTISS TWP., Maine (NEWS CENTER WCSH 5/27/10) -- State police released the names of the couple found dead in their Averill Road
home Tuesday morning. They are Dean and Debbie Meitzler, both 51.
The state medical examiner says the autopsies have confirmed that both died of gunshot wounds.
Police say that Dean Meitzler shot and killed his wife with a rifle and then turned the gun on himself. It happened in the bedroom of their
home.
Shooting victim in serious condition
Man shot in face on Indian Island
INDIAN ISLAND, Maine — Family members of Mitchell King say he is out of intensive care, but remains at Eastern Maine Medical
Center in Bangor recovering from a gunshot wound to his face
King, 35, was listed in critical condition on Tuesday and had improved and was listed in serious condition on Wednesday, an
EMMC nursing supervisor reported.
Penobscot Indian Nation police are investigating the shooting at a residence on Oak Hill Road, which was reported to them at
about 12:15 a.m. Tuesday by someone at the mobile home, Police Chief Robert Bryant said Tuesday.
Penobscot Indian Nation Chief Kirk Francis said Wednesday that police were continuing their investigation and he referred any
further questions to the police chief.
King was shot “in the jaw,” his uncle said Wednesday, adding that he was told the weapon was a 357-caliber handgun. “I can’t
verify that,” Mitchell said. “It was just lucky it didn’t hit an inch different.”
Another relative, who did not want to be named, said the bullet “blew his chin apart. He lost all of his teeth and has metal plates
now.”
Former sheriff pleads guilty to weapons charge
MACHIAS, Maine (NEWS CENTER WCSH 5/25/10) -- Former Washington County Sheriff Joseph Tibbetts pled guilty to a misdemeanor
weapons charge.
Tibbetts pled guilty to threatening display of a dangrous weapon , which is a class D misdemeanor, in Washington County superior court
Monday. He made the plea as part of a deal that prosecutors drop a felony charge of criminal threatening with a firearm. It stems from an
incident last summer in which he pulled out his
gun and frightened a woman, her boyfriend, and her two young children.
Man fined $8,000 for bringing guns across border
Published Monday May 24th, 2010 Telegraph Journal ST. STEPHEN - A judge fined an Alberta man $8,000 for attempting to cross the
international border into Canada at St. Stephen with two guns.
Hugh Alexander Landry, 66, pleaded guilty in St. Stephen provincial court to failing to declare a restricted .38 Colt handgun and a
shotgun that border services agents discovered in his fifth wheel trailer. He pleaded guilty to two additional charges of illegal possession of firearms.
Landry, an Alberta resident with a summer home in Antigonish, N.S., crossed the Ferry Point Bridge from Calais, Maine, to St. Stephen
on his way back from a vacation in Lafayette, La.. He travelled alone.
The agents found the handgun and ammunition in a compartment under the stairway and the shotgun in a closet. The firearms were
not registered. Landry did not have a permit for the restricted weapon.
Landry admitted to lying when the border agents asked if he had firearms and that he knowingly possessed the guns unlawfully, federal
Crown prosecutor Peter Thorn said.
May 24
The man wanted in connection with the shooting of a Gray man Sunday night was taken into custody about 7 p.m. today at a rental cabin
along Roosevelt Trail in Windham, police said.
Jon Brown was captured by the State Police Tactical Team, which surrounded the cabin. He surrendered without incident and was taken to
the State Police barracks in Gray for questioning.
State Police, assisted by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, Windham Police and the Southern Maine Violent Crimes Task Force, had
been searching for Brown all day.
Brown will be charged with attempted murder, elevated aggravated assault and robbery in connection with the shooting of Harold Small late
Sunday night inside Small's house in Gray.
May 14 Morning Sentinal
AUGUSTA -- A Chelsea man is facing charges in connection with several drive-by shootings in March. William Casey Jones, 19, was charged with
seven felony counts of reckless conduct with a firearm, Augusta police Lt. Keith Brann said Wednesday. Jones, who was arrested May 7, has
since been released on $1,000 cash bail. He expected to appear June 29 in Kennebec County Superior Court. Jones, who has admitted to
the shootings, acted alone, Brann said. The charges stem from a March 9 spree in which Jones allegedly shot at six houses and a moving
vehicle while driving in Augusta and Chelsea.
3/31/10 |
Man shot by intruder in central Maine home
CLINTON, Maine — State and Clinton police are investigating a shooting early Wednesday afternoon in which a local man was
injured.
Though details remained sketchy Wednesday afternoon, Pomelow said the shooting occurred about 12:30 p.m. in Dodge’s
home.
Dodge reportedly was alone at his home when an unknown individual wearing dark clothing and possibly a mask entered the
residence, fired one shot at Dodge and left on foot, Pomelow said.
Pomelow said Dodge took out his own gun and returned fired but missed the suspect. Dodge then called a friend or family
member, who contacted police.
By David Hench dhench@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer 03/22/10
The State Medical Examiner has concluded a Limington woman, whose body was found Friday in Upton, was killed with a
gunshot wound to the head.
Probe of drive-by shootings in Augusta, Chelsea continues
By Craig Crosby ccrosby@centralmaine.com
Staff Writer , Kennebec Journal 3/19/10
AUGUSTA -- The investigation into last week's drive-by shootings in Augusta and Chelsea is ongoing, Augusta police said
Thursday. Lt. Keith Brann said detectives have conducted several interviews since the shootings.
Posted: 03/11/2010 12:00 AM
Updated: 10:03 AM
Case of 100 handguns: Police arrest two felons
Charges that the Massachusetts men plotted to buy guns in Maine and sell them back
home may revive a touchy issue.
By Trevor Maxwell tmaxwell@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer
PORTLAND — Two men with criminal records in Massachusetts have been charged in federal court with illegally buying handguns in Maine. Joseph Burns of Lynn,
Mass., and Marvin Davis of Boston were arrested March 4 in Wells during a sting operation by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, a York County man told federal agents that he had sold about 100 handguns to Burns since
September or early October. Agents had additional information that Burns had been buying guns in Maine, destroying the serial numbers and reselling them in
Massachusetts.
On March 4, Burns allegedly drove Davis to the park-and-ride lot off the Maine Turnpike in Wells to buy guns from the York County man, who has not been
charged. Agents monitored the transaction and arrested Burns and Davis after the men allegedly paid $600 for a 9mm pistol and a .380-caliber pistol. Both men
are prohibited from possessing firearms because of prior convictions. Davis was convicted in 2006 of armed robbery, armed assault with intent to kill and drug
distribution in Boston. Burns was convicted in 2005 for violating an abuse prevention order and malicious destruction of property. Burns, 27, and Davis, 24, face
federal charges of being felons in possession of firearms, and conspiracy to transfer or sell firearms to an out-of-state resident. They face as much as 10 years
in prison if convicted.
Burns was released Wednesday on a $10,000 property bond. Davis continues to be held in the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. He made a brief appearance
Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Rich. A bail hearing and probable cause hearing were rescheduled for Monday afternoon. Peter Rodway, Davis'
court-appointed lawyer, told Rich that he needs more time to discuss the case with Davis and Davis' mother. Rodway might ask the judge to let Davis live with his
mother until the case is resolved. Federal prosecutors will seek to keep Davis in custody.
The flow of guns from Maine to Massachusetts has been a source of controversy. In 2006, an advocacy group put a message on a 250-foot billboard near Fenway
Park in Boston, claiming that Maine's lax gun-control laws were helping to fuel violence in the city. Massachusetts requires buyers of guns from private sellers to
pass the same criminal background checks required of buyers from federally licensed firearms dealers.
In Maine and several other states, private buyers of firearms must supply only proof of residency in that state. Recent proposals to toughen the regulations in
Maine have failed in the Legislature.
Stanley Jenkins, 22, a member of a Boston street gang, was sentenced last year to 17½ years in prison for trafficking guns and drugs between Boston and Maine.
Jenkins recruited people to buy more than 20 guns through the popular classified bulletin Uncle Henry's, based in Augusta. He then sold some of the guns and
distributed others to members of his gang, the Franklin Hill Giants. Jenkins told investigators that he usually doubled or tripled his money by buying the guns in
Maine and selling them in Boston. Soon after Jenkins was sentenced, the Boston Herald announced that it would stop distributing Uncle Henry's in the city.
3/4/10 |
Man arrested after gun fired in BAT bus
BANGOR, Maine — A Milford man was arrested late Wednesday afternoon after he fired a revolver on a BAT Community
Connector bus bound for the Old Town-Orono area, according to Bangor police.
Though no one was injured, the bullet went clear through the side of the bus, emerging just below the left rear window of the
bus, BAT Superintendent Joe McNeil said Wednesday night.
Jason Robinson, 24, has been charged with reckless conduct with a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit,
according to an official at the Penobscot County Jail. Robinson also was being held on a warrant for failure to appear for a
criminal mischief charge from Oct. 3, 2008.
McNeil said that Robinson reportedly wanted to sell the revolver — which Bangor police Sgt. Bob Bishop confirmed was a .357
magnum — and had taken it out to show to other passengers, who were urging him to put it away. The gun then went off,
McNeil said, adding that it appeared to be an accidental discharge. He said there were at least 20 passengers on board at the
time, which was shortly after 4:15 p.m.
Maine Bank and Trust in Sanford robbed
Friday, February 26, 2010
SANFORD, Maine — The Sanford Police Department is asking for the public's help in apprehending a suspect who robbed Maine Bank and Trust at 1105 Main St. on
Thursday afternoon. "The suspect was possibly armed with a long gun," Deputy Police Chief Craig Sanford said in a press release. According to Sanford, the
suspect is described as a white male in his 20s wearing a black knit hat and a navy blue rain coat. He was approximately 6 feet tall and had short, dirty blond hair.
Yarmouth Bank Manager Rebuffs Would-Be Robber
Man Flees After Being Refused Cash
POSTED: 3:33 pm EST February 23, 2010
UPDATED: 8:49 am EST February 24, 2010
YARMOUTH, Maine -- Yarmouth police are looking for a man who made an unsuccessful attempt at robbing a Norway
Savings Bank branch on Route 1 Tuesday afternoon.
A man passed a manager a note demanding money and saying that he had a gun, police said. The manager refused.
3 Men From Maine Arrested On Gun Charges
Hartford Courant
2:44 p.m. EST, February 22, 2010
HARTFORD - Three men from Maine who were pulled over for erratic driving, had a fully loaded firearm, ammunition and $10,000 cash, police
said.
Police confiscated the money and a 9mm Glock with a 32 round magazine attached.
The suspects were identified as Jason Josselyn, 22, Angus Pfister, 18 and Noah Pfister, 20. They were charged Feb. 18 with interfering with
police, possession of a firearm without a permit and weapons in a motor vehicle.
The driver, Noah Pfister, was also charged with a motor vehicle violation. Each was held on $500,000 bond.
—Hilda Muñoz
Teen accused of pointing rifle at police
2/23/10
ELLSWORTH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Police in Ellsworth said a teenager pointed a rifle at them as they tried to break up a party at his
home Saturday night.
Police said they got an anonymous tip that there was underage drinking going on at the home on Mariaville Road. They said when they
showed up around 11 p.m., they found a number of teens who were drinking, including a 14-year-old. It was then, according to police, that
a 16-year-old who lived at the house pointed the gun at them.
The situation ended peacefully when the teen dropped the rifle. Police arrested him along with a 20-year-old who had been wanted for
failing to appear in court.
2/18/10 - 2009 Brady Scorecard Released - Maine ranks only 11 points out of 100.
California earns highest ranking (79 points) for strongest gun laws in Nation.
Brady Campaign to Prevent Violence
Second Maine Man Arrested
02/19/10 |
By The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine — A second Maine man is due in court to answer charges in connection with the shooting death of a Portland man who was attending a party.
Police capture fleeing Bangor man
Suspect has run from police on other occasions
“Not having any idea why he was running … I gave chase across the street,” the trooper said. “I find him in the bedroom and
he tells me he has a gun. He has his hand behind his back and I believe he did” have a weapon.
2/10/10 |
2 injured after shooting in Etna home
No charges have been filed as police continue to investigate
ETNA, Maine —
“A young fellow came in with a bunch of stolen guns and was trying to sell them guns,” said Walter Gibbons Sr., who owns
the trailer where his son, Walter Gibbons Jr., lives. The man, who is about 25, “got mad because they wouldn’t buy a gun, and
he popped in a clip” and the gun went off, hitting a visiting male in the hand, the elder Gibbons said.
The bullet went through the man’s hand and struck the lower back of Gibbons Sr.’s granddaughter, who is around 22 years old,
the elder Gibbons said.
State troopers offer presence at Maine schools
Submitted by The Associated Press on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 13:12
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police have sent a letter to the state's school superintendents offering more visibility from state troopers
around their school buildings. The state police chief, Col. Patrick Fleming, said Monday the idea is to increase school visits from
troopersin towns and cities not covered by full-time police departments. Fleming said the increased presence of troopers will help
familiarize them with the school's layout, staff and students in the event of an incident. The new program was initiated in the aftermath of an
October 2008 incident at the Stockton Springs elementary school in which a man with a gun entered the building and held students
hostage. The incident ended peacefully and no one was hurt.
Kittery woman faces gun charges
By Deborah Mcdermott
dmcdermott@seacoastonline.com
February 09, 2010 2:00 AM
KITTERY, Maine — A Kittery woman has been indicted in York County Superior Court on a number of charges in connection with a
November incident in which she allegedly kept her boyfriend at bay with a gun. Dorothy I. Combis, also known as Dorothy Heary, 40, 38
Ridgewood Drive, was indicted on two counts of reckless conduct with a firearm, one count of firearm possession by a felon and one
count of criminal threatening with a firearm, all Class C felonies.
Police: Carjacking followed burglary
NORTH HAMPTON – A Stratham motorist got more than he bargained for when he stopped to help a woman and a man with a bloodied
hand who flagged him down Friday.
What the 38-year-old man didn't know was that the duo standing in the middle of Lovering Road were on the run from police and had
allegedly burglarized a nearby house belonging to a Hampton police officer moments earlier.
As the Good Samaritan rolled down the window of his 2002 Volvo to offer help, the man, later identified as Adam Pento, 32, of Sanford,
Maine, aimed a gun at him, police said in an affidavit.
Pento allegedly held the gun across his lap -- the muzzle pointed at the man -- and ordered him to drive them to Amesbury, Mass.
Police say shooting suspect hid in van
Bail is set at $200,000 cash for Samuel Caison of Whitefield, who's been charged in the incident.
By BETTY ADAMS and CRAIG CROSBY, Kennebec JournalFebruary 6, 2010
AUGUSTA — The prime suspect in Wednesday's daytime shooting in Augusta was found hiding under a blanket in the back seat of a van being driven away from a
home in Whitefield.
Details of Wednesday's shooting and the subsequent arrest of Caison were described in an affidavit that Augusta police Detective Vicente Morris filed Friday in
Augusta District Court.
The filing came just hours after a high school student found what police say is likely the weapon used in the shooting.
Newcastle man sentenced to 15 months on gun charge
BANGOR, Maine - A Newcastle man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 15 months in prison for being a felon
in possession of a firearm. Kurt F. Martin, 54, of Newcastle also was sentenced to three years of supervised release after he Martin
was prohibited from possessing guns due to two federal felony convictions – one in 1979 for possession of a stolen Treasury
check and in 2002 for possession of firearms after a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction, according to the U.S.
Attorney’s Office.
Family blames gang members for teen’s death
BANGOR, Maine — John “Bobby” Surles, who was mortally wounded by a gunshot on Wednesday, was defending a friend
during a group fight on Cumberland Street when a fellow teenager turned a gun on him and pulled the trigger, family
members said Friday.
Police: Spruce Head man took his own life
court news
Grand jury hands up indictments
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — A Medford man who police say pointed a loaded revolver at a state trooper was among
several people indicted Thursday by the Piscataquis County grand jury.
David Hathorn, 54, of Medford, who police say refused to sign a summons and then pointed a loaded gun at a trooper, was
indicted on two counts of criminal trespass, criminal threatening, failure to sign a summons, refusing to submit to arrest and
violations of conditions of release.
Defense: Sex party shooting an 'accident'
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Submitted by Trevor Maxwell on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 13:2
PORTLAND — At the opening day of his manslaughter trial, lawyers for Bruce Lavallee-Davidson this morning said he checked his .44-
caliber revolver three times -- to make sure that it was not loaded -- before putting the barrel to the head of Fred Wilson during a
session of extreme sex play. But the gun was loaded, and when Lavallee-Davidson pulled the trigger for a second time in the early
morning of April 18, 2009, the 50-year-old Wilson was shot and killed in the basement of his South Portland home.
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Portland couple treated for bullet wounds
Submitted by David Hench on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 12:28
Portland police say armed attackers apparently burst in on a man and a woman in their apartment at 25 Rackleff St. early this morning, shooting each of them in
their extremities. The two young adults were taken to the hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening. The victims have said they do not know the two
people who attacked them and said nothing appeared to have been taken, police said. Police do not believe the crime was random, in part because such attacks
are rare and also because whoever was responsible seemed familiar with the layout of the apartment. The shooting happened at about 1:30 a.m. in a green, two-
story apartment building on the road off Stevens Avenue at the intersection with Seeley Road. A bullet grazed the man in the upper arm and the woman was shot
in the upper thigh and thumb, police said. The attackers apparently used a handgun but police have not disclosed information about what kind of gun was used.
Two men arrested on gun charges outside shipyard
Truckers' licenses for concealed weapons are not valid in Maine; arrests made and Rep. Pingree to review case
edinan@seacoastonline.com
January 09, 2010 2:00 AM
KITTERY, Maine — Two Pennsylvania truckers hauling welding supplies were charged with trying to bring concealed weapons into
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The pair had gun licenses issued in their home state, but they're not valid in Maine.
Maine woman, 82, charged with gun in fed
building
By Associated Press
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - Added 1d 2h ago
AUGUSTA, Maine — An 82-year-old Maine woman is facing charges she tried to carry a concealed handgun into a federal building in Augusta.
Imelda Yorkus, of Whitefield, says she forgot she had the gun when she tried to go to the post office in the Edmund S. Muskie Federal
building on Tuesday afternoon.
Update: No foul play found in Wiscasset gun death
Submitted by The Associated Press on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 13:24
Updated at 1:21 p.m.
WISCASSET -- There is no indication of foul play in the shooting death of Tyler Wyley today, Maine State Police said this afternoon.
Steve McCausland, spokeman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said the investigation is continuing into Wyley's death shortly after midnight this morning.
He said that autopsy results are on hold while additional testing is conducted, but added that the three others who were in the mobile home in Wiscasset at the
time of Wyley's shooting have been cooperative with police,McCausland also said a .22-caliber rifle, believed to have been used in the shooting, and other
evidence from inside the home has been taken to the state's crime lab for analysis.
Carthage Man Injured After Handgun Accidentally
Discharges
Quadriplegic's Pistol Goes Off Monday
POSTED: 1:57 pm EST January 5, 2010
UPDATED: 2:41 pm EST January 5, 2010
WMTW News
FARMINGTON, Maine -- A Carthage man accidentally shot himself in the calf Monday morning when he set off
a small pistol in his sweatshirt pocket. David Jackson, 46, is a quadriplegic and the handgun he had was loaded and had
no safety, said Sgt. Vicki Gardner of the state police.
Message on wall prompts search of Maine schools
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 13:35
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Portland officials say two public schools were locked down and police were called after a threatening message was
found written on a bathroom wall.
Police were called to search the Lyman Moore Middle School after the message was discovered Monday morning. WCSH-TV said parents were
told the message said that someone had a gun.
Children were kept inside their classrooms at the Lyman Moore school and the adjacent Lyseth Elementary School while police searched for a
gun. School officials said the children were all safe and that no weapon was found.
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Presque Isle tensions end tenure of manager
Friction with City Council spurs decision not to renew
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — When a city councilor began wearing a gun to council meetings,
City Manager Tom Stevens knew his problems were more complicated than ever.
Alleged threat
Stevens said he became even more fearful after McPherson telephoned him in September 2008,
irate that
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Gorham Man Accused Of Creating Police Standoff
Police Say Man Was Threatening To Harm Himself
POSTED: 7:41 am EST December 29, 2009
UPDATED: 8:43 am EST December 29, 2009
GORHAM, Maine -- A man from Gorham is facing a charge of creating a police standoff.
Authorities with the Gorham Police Department said Robert Doherty was threatening to harm himself with a gun, so
officers responded to 54 Maple Drive around 9 p.m. on Monday. Officers took a loaded 12 gauge shot gun and a rifle
from the home, according to police.
Brewer man arrested for alleged gun thefts
BREWER, Maine — Police have caught the man who they say broke into a North Main Street home of an acquaintance and
took seven guns, Brewer police Detective Nelson Ferro said Monday.
“Most of the guns have been recovered,” he said. “We’re still working on one.”
Accused shooter appears in court
Man charged with attempted murder
BELFAST, Maine — With his wounded left arm in a sling and showing a blackened left eye, the Searsport man who was shot by
a state trooper attempting to arrest him for allegedly shooting a friend, stood silent when he appeared in court Friday on
charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault.
Washington County Sheriff's Office finds gun used in drive-by shooting
12/22/09
MILBRIDGE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The sheriff in Washington County said his deputies have found a weapon they believe was used in a
drive-by shooting in Milbridge this week.
Sherman Merchant and Benjamin Ray face charges of aggravated reckless conduct with a firearm. The Washington County Sheriff said the
men opened fire on the home of Oscar Cruiz at 120 Main Street in Milbridge.
Cruiz was hit by a small round but was not seriously wounded and did not require medical treatment.
Authorities say that Cruiz was involved in a minor traffic accident with Sherman the day before the shooting.
Officers found a 22-caliber handgun in Millbridge Friday night that they have tied to the shooting.
Fatal shooting took place after domestic dispute
ROCKLAND, Maine — Police said Tuesday that the 19-year-old Spruce Head man who died of a gunshot wound
Sunday night took his own life.
OLD TOWN, Maine — Police are saying that the boys who shot up a Ford truck parked in a gravel pit
off Route 16 Sunday may have done so in retaliation for having been told to leave the area by two …
By Nok-Noi Ricker
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Police: Driver pointed gun during I-95 incident
GREENLAND – A Maine man is accused of pulling a gun on another driver on Interstate 95 yesterday morning in a road rage
incident that reportedly had the two vehicles traveling at speeds of about 100 mph.
Help sought after gun theft from Kittery home
news@seacoastonline.com
December 09, 2009 2:00 AM
KITTERY, Maine — Police are seeking the public's help as they investigate a home burglary that occurred Nov. 30 on
Ridgewood Drive. Four rifles, a shotgun, four pistols and a 50-inch plasma television were stolen. Total value of the
items is $3,000, Soule said.
Police: Woman threatened boyfriend
news@seacoastonline.com
December 08, 2009 2:00 AMYORK, Maine — York, Eliot, and Kittery officers responded early Friday morning
to a domestic violence complaint involving firearms on Beech Ridge Road. The incident ended in the arrest of a
female York resident.
Two guns were found in the house. Police returned to the home at 2:14 p.m., referencing bail conditions, and
removed 39 rounds of ammunition and a handgun case. At that time, Dennett complained to the officers of
alleged past harassing phone calls, and police advised her how to obtain a restraining order from the court.
12/5/09 |
Lee man sentenced to more than 4 years for sawed-off shotgun
BANGOR, Maine — A Lee man was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to four years and three months in federal prison for
possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun.The state and federal charges stem from the same incident on Nov. 30,
2008. Lee was arrested after he reportedly shot off a gun while visiting a relative in Springfield, then tried to run from police.
NEWPORT, Maine — A reported drive-by shooting Sunday in Newport turned out to be a self-inflicted accident and a case of
three people telling the same lie, according to police. more
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BAILEYVILLE, Maine — Maine State Police are investigating several car burglaries in the Domtar parking lot that were discovered
when the overnight shift let out Saturday morning and workers returned to their vehicles. more
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Rochester man shoots self in hand climbing into tree stand
Saturday, November 28, 2009
FARMINGTON — Authorities say a Rochester man hunting off Route 11 suffered a serious hand injury Friday morning when he shot
himself with his muzzleloader while climbing into a tree stand.
Hunter wounded in Sidney
SIDNEY, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- Wardens say Stacey Badillo was out hunting with an apprentice license when the accident
happened on Wednesday.
She was with her boyfriend and three others hunters just south of Summer Haven Road about one o'clock when Badillo
says she rested the barrel of her shotgun on her foot and the gun went off. The buckshot went through her boot and
her right foot, into the ground. She was taken to Maine General Hospital for treatment.
York pharmacy robbed of OxyContin by man who said he had gun
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
YORK, Maine — Police are investigating an early morning robbery at the York Hannaford Supermarket in which a suspect is believed to have had a gun and demanded OxyContin from a store pharmacist.
Attempted murder trial under waySubmitted by Trevor
Maxwell on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 13:03
Central Maine Newspapers Portland Press Herald
PORTLAND — A trial is under way today for 23-year-old Brandon Brown, a Portland man accused of an attempted murder in 2008 that
left a U.S. Marine paralyzed from the waist down. Brown shot James Sanders with a .357-caliber handgun outside a club in the Old Port
in the early morning of June 24, 2008. At the time, Sanders was a rugged 27-year-old Marine who had served as a sniper in Afghanistan,
and was on active duty with a reserve company in Topsham.
Gun Found In Portland Teacher's Bag
Riverton Elementary Assistant Teacher Under Investigation
POSTED: 5:28 pm EST November 18, 2009
UPDATED: 8:00 am EST November 19, 2009
PORTLAND, Maine --
An assistant teacher at Riverton Elementary School in Portland was placed on administrative leave
Wednesday after an incident involving a gun on campus.
Riverton Elementary School Principal Nancy Kopack said the female assistant teacher -- who is described
as a long-time educational technician -- inadvertently brought a gun into the school Wednesday morning.
Apparently, a family member packed the handgun in a swim bag instead of putting it in her car.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Police: 2 shot to death in Maine
AP-ME — Old Orchard Deaths
Police: 2 shot to death in Maine
Eds: APNewsNow. ADDS details about victims being a man and woman, a gun being recovered, and the bodies being taken to medical
examiner’s office.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — Maine state police are at a home where two people were found shot death in the seaside town of Old
Orchard Beach.Spokesman Steve McCausland says the bodies of a man and woman were discovered by a neighbor shortly after 9 a.m.
Tuesdayin a home on Pleasant Street. McCausland says a gun has been recovered. The bodies are being taken to the state medical
examiner’s office for examination.
Emben Stand Off Ends Peacefully Friday SOMERSET COUNTY (NEWS CENTER)—11/14/09
No on was hurt in a stand off early Friday morning in Emden, and one man is under arrest.
Officials say a woman called the Somerset County Sheriff's Department at 12:45am Friday morning saying her husband,
31-year-old Mark Walls, was drunk, had a gun, and was saying he was going to kill himself. She said he would not let her
or 3 children who were in the home leave. Sheriff's deputies, Maine State Police and the State Tactical Team surrounded
the house. Deputies arrested Walls shortly after 4 Friday morning without incident.
Domestic dispute leads to gun charges for woman
Woman arrested on gun violation
dmcdermott@seacoastonline.com
November 11, 2009 2:00 AM
KITTERY, Maine — Police arrested a local woman on multiple charges Tuesday, after she was allegedly found pointing a
gun at her residence, where she lived with her boyfriend.
Dorothy Irene Combis, who also goes by the name of Dorothy Heary, 40, of 38 Ridgewood Drive, was arrested without
injury to herself or others.
According to police, a man who identified himself as Combis' boyfriend called the station at 10:47 a.m. to say his
girlfriend was armed with a hand gun and knife and was attempting to set his truck on fire.
11/07/09
11/3/09 |
Bangor teen arrested in concealed-gun case
BANGOR, Maine — A local teenager was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon after Finson Road residents
called police Sunday night to report gunshots, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Monday.
Accused hostage-taker appears in Belfast court
STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine — A year has passed since an armed gunman allegedly terrified local schoolchildren
when he stormed into their fifth-grade classroom last Halloween and held them hostage, and the accused has yet
to be tried on the resulting charges.
Randall Brian Hofland, 56, of Searsport was indicted on 22 counts of kidnapping, 12 counts of criminal restraint
with a dangerous weapon, six counts of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, and one count of burglary
after the Oct. 31, 2008, hostage-taking incident at Stockton Springs Elementary School.
MANHUNT CONTINUES
BY SCOTT MONROE
Staff Writer10/29/2009
NEWPORT -- Following a reported sighting of a man near the woods, police on Wednesday evening intensified their search
for Perley Goodrich Jr., who's been wanted for questioning since late Monday.
That's when his father, Perley Goodrich Sr., was found shot to death and his mother Sandra severely beaten. Police said the
younger Goodrich was last seen leaving his parents' home on Rutland Road, where the incident took place.
Police said Goodrich Jr., 45, could be "armed and dangerous," because guns were missing from the residence.
October 27th, 2009
55-plus officers seeking Maine shooting suspect
NEWPORT, Maine — More than 55 police officers and three aircraft are searching for a man whose father was shot to
death and mother severely beaten in Maine.
Police are looking for 45-year-old Perley Goodrich Jr., who was last seen at about 11:30 p.m. Monday leaving the home
he shared with his parents in Newport, a town of about 3,000 people nearly 30 miles west of Bangor.
10/28/09 |
Shotgun threat alleged as lobster wars flare anew
ROCKLAND, Maine — Officials are investigating a complaint that two Tenants Harbor lobstermen cut lobster traps
and oneof them threatened another lobsterman with a shotgun.
The alleged incident occurred at sea last Thursday, according to a temporary protection from harassment order
filed Friday inRockland District Court. Ty Babb of Tenants Harbor wrote that lobstermen Craig Hupper and his
son, Josh Hupper, both of Tenants Harbor, were cutting Babb’s traps. He also wrote that Josh Hupper
threatened him with a gun.
10/27/09
10/23/09
Tech school probes toy gun shooting
10/17/2009
WATERVILLE -- A student who allegedly fired plastic BBs from a toy gun at another student outside Mid-Maine Technical
Center Thursday has been told not to return to that school.
In Acton: Son enters pleas in fatal shooting of father
Thursday, October 15, 2009
ALFRED — An Acton man accused of shooting his father made an appearance in York County Superior Court in Alfred last week.
Ross I. Morrill, 22, entered pleas of not guilty and not criminally responsible — or not guilty by reason of insanity — in the shooting death of
his father, Robert Morrill, 55, on April 25. Ross Morrill remains in custody at Riverview Psychiatric Center, where he has been a patient
since shortly after his arrest.
10/15/09 |
Orland man found guilty of terrorizing
ELLSWORTH, Maine — An Orland man has been convicted in Hancock County Superior Court of threatening to kill
another man.
The jury convicted Saunders of domestic violence terrorizing, criminal use of explosives and possession of a
machine gun. Saunders was acquitted of a charge of criminal threatening, according to court documents.
Pool hall patron's shot was painful to watch
10/24/09
PLAISTOW – A Kingston man suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg Thursday night using a gun allegedly stolen
from a home in Maine, police said. Police said they later learned that the firearm was reported stolen by the Lisbon Police
Department in Maine.
Let's review the principles of gun safety
October 22, 2009 2:00 AM, Seacoast Online
Last Friday marked the beginning of the third week of bird and rabbit season in Maine and the fourth injury due to
accidental shooting. Fortunately, the shotgun pellets in all four incidents caused non-life threatening injuries.
Last Friday a Pennsylvania teenager was struck by pellets while rabbit hunting with his family. The uncle who was
responsible for the accident was unaware the teen was in the thicket when he shot at a hare.
Six days earlier a young hunter was accidentally shot in the lower leg and foot with shot gun pellets by his friend while
duck hunting.
Just two days before that, one bird hunter was struck in the cheek when a pellet ricocheted off a tree when his friend
shot at a woodcock.
Opening day, Oct. 1, a bird hunter received shotgun pellets to his chest while hunting for pheasant.
Police seek information in Bath heist
Submitted by From Staff Reports on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 01:40 Portland Press Herald
BATH — Bath police are investigating a robbery that took place late Monday night at the Cumberland Farms
convenience store on Route 1.
Police Chief Mike Field said a man entered the store around 10:30 p.m. and threatened the clerk with a firearm if she
did not hand over cash.
Gun smugglers aided by U.S. yard-sale loophole
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | 11:45 AM ET
The origin of handguns smuggled into Canada from the U.S. is often impossible to track due to a U.S. loophole that lets dealers
sell guns without any paperwork at garage sales, auctions and gun shows.
Once someone sells a gun through that type of a private transaction in the U.S., police can no longer follow its trail, said Ottawa
police Det. Chris Benson.
"'Cause there's no document and he hasn't broken the law," Benson said, "we can't trace that firearm beyond him. And after he sells
it, that could exchange hands 10 times before it's used in a crime and recovered and maybe make its way up to Canada."
Smuggled gun used in double-homicide
Last Updated: Monday, October 19, 2009 | 7:39 AM ET
A gun smuggled into Canada from Maine was found near the site of a double shooting in Ottawa in 2007.
A gun allegedly used in two Ottawa homicides in 2007 was smuggled hundreds of kilometres from a rural corner of Maine into
Canada.
The gun — a .40 calibre HiPoint semi-automatic pistol — costs less than a base-model iPod in the U.S., and was allegedly used to
shoot Ziad Ahmad, 32, and Phillip Salmon, 23, at Pari's Motel in Ottawa's east end two years ago.
Police used the gun's serial number to trace it to the Maine Military Supply store in Brewer, Maine where it was sold on June 13,
2006. Lawrence Sears, a 63-year-old with no criminal record, had purchased the gun, and seven other HiPoint pistols, the same
day.
Sears was what police call a "straw purchaser" — a front man who buys guns for a smuggler. The smuggler then took the weapons
across the U.S. border.
Westbrook Police Nab Alleged Robber
Suspect Arrested In Scarborough
POSTED: 3:42 pm EDT October 19, 2009
UPDATED: 3:59 pm EDT October 19, 2009
WESTBROOK, Maine -- Westbrook police said they have made an arrest in a robbery at a store on Main
Street.
Police said Tamara, McKinney, 26, robbed the Sticker Station Friday night, telling a clerk she had a gun
and then took off with some money.
Officers arrested her a short-time later on Payne Road in Scarborough.
THOMASTON (Oct 18): An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged
with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings.
Law enforcement officials with Troop D of the Maine State Police responded to the following incidents in Waldo County
during the past week. Anyone with information regarding ongoing investigations is asked to call 1-800-452-4664.
Oct. 5
Trooper Corey Smith investigated a report of an assault and theft in Thorndike. The complainant reported that on Oct. 2,
he was confronted and assaulted by two males who were unhappy as the result of a recent business transaction. The
men also took a firearm from the complainant. Smith was able to locate and recover the firearm, and then returned it to
the owner. The investigation is ongoing.
Oct. 7
Trooper Ryan Brockway responded to a report of a stolen firearm on Marina Road in Unity. The complainant reported
having left his 12-gauge shotgun on top of a fencepost while loading other items into his vehicle. The complainant drove
off, forgetting about the shotgun until several hours later. When he returned, the gun was gone. An investigation
revealed a Unity College student had found the gun and turned it over to Unity College campus security. The gun was
returned to its owner.
Berwick Bank robbed at gunpoint
Sunday, October 18, 2009
BERWICK, Maine — Police are looking for a man who brandished a handgun during an armed robbery at Kennebunk Savings Bank Saturday morning.
Police from several local departments responded at 9:37 a.m. after a man walked into the bank at 2 School St. with "a large frame semi
automatic pistol" and requested money. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, he fled on foot toward Bernier and George streets,
police said.
Police Investigate Auburn Dunkin' Donuts
Robbery
Robber Showed A Gun And Got Away With Cash
AUBURN, Maine -- Auburn police were investigating an armed robbery at the Dunkin' Donuts on Riverside
Drive in New Auburn Tuesday evening.
Police said a man walked into the store at about 8:20 p.m., showed the clerk a gun tucked in his
waistband and demanded money.
Sanford, Auburn Pharmacies Robbed
Published : Monday, 12 Oct 2009, 7:24 AM EDT
SANFORD and AUBURN - Police in Maine are investigating two robberies at two different supermarket pharmacies on Saturday,
one on Auburn, the other in Sanford.
On Saturday afternoon, a man walked into a Shaw's at 600 Center Street in Auburn and handed a pharmacist a note that said
he had a gun and demanded painkillers. He got away with an undisclosed amount of oxycodone.
Police say the man is 5'4" with a stocky build and a thin beard. If you recognize the suspect, you are urged to call Auburn
Police at 207-333-6650.
Later Saturday afternoon, a man who claimed to have a gun demanded OxyContin from the pharmacy at the Hannaford
Supermarket in Sanford. Witnesses say the man was seen leaving on a bicycle.
Sanford Police describe the suspect as a white man in his early 30s and wearing a maroon jacket and white hat at the time of
the robbery. If you have any information about the robbery, please call the Sanford Police Department at 207-324-3644.
(Provided by News 13)
Hunter Shot on First Day of Pheasant Hunting Season
10/02/2009 11:24 AM ET
James Morrill, 59, was hunting with friends on Cheabeague Island in Casco Bay when he was struck in the chest with a pellet from a shotgun
blast aimed at a pheasant.
A pheasant hunter is recovering after being hit in the chest with a shotgun pellet on the first day of Maine's pheasant hunting season.
Duck Hunting Accident Third in Maine This Season
10/12/2009 10:22 AM ET
A Mapleton man in his 20's, hunting in a remote township in Aroostook County, is the latest victim. A Maine duck hunter is recovering after
being hit with bird shot Saturday, while hunting with a friend in Aroostook County. That’s according to the Maine Warden Service, which
says the Mapleton man, who is in his 20s, was struck in lower leg and foot while hunting along Realty Road in a remote township in the
county.
The Warden Service says this is the third bird hunting accident in Maine this season. On October 1, a pheasant hunter was hit in thechest by
bird shot while hunting on Chebeague Island. He was treated and released.
And on Thursday, a Great Falls, Virginia, man was struck in the cheek while hunting with a friend in Long Pond Township. The pellet
apparently ricocheted off a tree and hit John Burke, 45, in the cheek, authorities say. The men drove to C.A. Dean Hospital in Greenville,
where Burke was treated and released.
Police piecing together standoff
09/10/2009
from the Kennebec Journal
LEWISTON -- Police on Wednesday continued to investigate a standoff that ended in suicide last week, but authorities failed to turn up a
handgun the dead man allegedly used to threaten a neighbor.Police said they planned to again interview that neighbor, Justin Lee Lord, 31,
of 2 Towle St., in an effort to determine whether he was truthful when he told police he was a victim of criminal threatening with a
dangerous weapon.
Daniel Bussiere, 49, of 163 Holland St. died Sept. 3 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head and neck, a spokeswoman at the Maine
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said. His suicide came about 20 hours after a police standoff.
Third man involved in Dover Hannaford robbery convicted
By Aaron Sanborn
asanborn@fosters.com
Thursday, September 10, 2009
CONCORD — A third man involved in the September 008 armed robbery of the Central Avenue Hannaford was convicted Wednesday on multiple federal charges and could face significant prison time.
Anthony Harris, 38, of Dover, was convicted on the federal charges of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery, use of a
firearm in connection with a crime of violence, felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm.
State Police Investigate Possible Foul Play In Shapleigh
SHAPLEIGH (NEWS CENTER) -- Shots being fired outside a home in Shapleigh has triggered a state police investigation
into possible foul play.
Neighbors reported hearing gunshots and screaming around six thirty Thursday morning at a home surrounded by woods
on Lake Sherburne road.
State police surrounded the home but no one was inside. They believe the shots were fired outside the home on the
edge of the woods based on evidence they discovered.
'We found some evidence that kind of raised our suspicions somewhat that there may have been some foul play
involving a gun. I am not at liberty to discuss what that is,' said Lt. Louis Nyitray with the Maine State Police.
State police could release their findings Friday. The home's owner, Rodney Gagne was not there at the time of the
shooting. He showed up several hours later. He was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for entering the crime
scene.
Man with BB gun arrested near Bridgton school
Submitted by The Associated Press on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 13:15
BRIDGTON -- Police this morning arrested a 21-year-old Sanford man after he was spotted with what appeared to be a rifle
near the Stevens Brook Elementary School.
Residents reported seeing the man riding a bicycle with the weapon near the school at 8 a.m just as students were arriving.
Bridgton police responded to the school and state police troopers who were in the area searched near the school.
In nearby woods, they found Joshua A. Phifer of 35C Lebanon St., Sanford. Police said Phifer dropped the weapon, which
turned out to be a BB gun, when he saw police approaching, and started to walk away. With guns drawn, police confronted
Phifer and took him into custody. He struggled briefly, police said, and was charged with failure to obey police.
Phifer also was arrested on an outstanding warrant charging him with domestic violence in Massachusetts.
Two indicted on charges stemming from Kittery gun incidents
Kittery, Port City men face Class C felonies
By Dave Choate
dchoate@seacoastonline.com
September 16, 2009 2:00 AM
ALFRED, Maine — The York County Superior Court returned grand injury indictments last week for several cases out of
Kittery, including one for a man accused of threatening to kill family members in June.
An indictment was returned for Michael Flaherty, 60, of 12 Hill Creek Drive, Kittery, with two counts of criminal
threatening with a weapon, and one count of reckless conduct with a firearm, all Class C felonies. Flaherty was arrested
June 9 after he allegedly threatened to kill family members while carrying two loaded handguns — a .44-caliber Magnum
revolver and a .25-caliber handgun — and while wearing a bullet-proof vest.
At the time of the arrest, Kittery police Sgt. Daniel Soule said officers forced entry into the home after hearing cries for
help and were able to recover the loaded revolver. Flaherty was found wearing the bullet-proof vest and in possession
of the .25-caliber handgun. Also seized from his home were four rifles, two shotguns, several knives and several
hundred rounds of ammunition, according to police.
The grand jury also indicted Paul L. Hayes, 23, of 3131 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, N.H., on a charge of possession of a
firearm by a prohibited person, a Class C felony, stemming from a March arrest in Kittery. According to Kittery police,
Hayes called to report a domestic disturbance at Woodlands Commons and needed to get back into the building to
reclaim some of his belongings. There, policefound a .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun he was not permitted to
possess because of a 2004 armed robbery conviction.
Knox jury indicts 2 Matinicus men in July shooting
ROCKLAND, Maine — The Matinicus Island fisherman who was shot during a dispute over lobster gear and the
fisherman who allegedly shot him were indicted Thursday by a Knox County grand jury.
Daughter Of Lobsterman Secretly Indicted
Woman Accused Of Pointing Gun At People
POSTED: 3:00 pm EDT September 21, 2009
UPDATED: 3:27 pm EDT September 21, 2009
WMTW News
MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine -- The daughter of a Matinicus Island lobsterman accused of shooting another
lobsterman in a turf battle last July has been indicted by a Knox County grand jury on a charge of reckless
conduct with a dangerous weapon.
The grand jury secretly indicted Janan Miller, 45, of Spruce Head, last week, Knox County District
Attorney Geoff Rushlau said.
Her father, Edwin Vance Bunker, was also indicted on two counts ofaggravated elevated assault
stemming from the shooting of Christopher Young.
Rushlau said Miller pointed a gun at Young, his step-brother Weston Ames and three other people in the
moments before the shooting occurred.
Officials probe salon robbery
9/24/09
Armed man given tour of facility earlier in day
OLD TOWN, Maine — The man who robbed the Sun Tan City on Stillwater Avenue Tuesday evening got a tour
of the facility earlier in the day and displayed a handgun during the robbery, Detective Tom Adams said
Wednesday afternoon. BDN Writer Dawn Gagnon contributed to this article
Police Recover Stolen Handgun and Arrest Alleged 14-Year-Old Gang
Member
Fox 6 Springfield
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 01:10 PM EDT
By Caitlin Penndorf
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Two Springfield police officers arrested a 14-year-old alleged gang member Tuesday
on Kenyon Street after he allegedly took a gun from his pants and hid it in a vacant building, according to Springfield
Police Department Sgt. John Delaney.
The boy allegedly pulled the gun from his pants to display it to those around him and then hid the weapon in a
doorway of a nearby vacant apartment before leaving the area, according to police.
Officers recovered the gun, which was reportedly stolen from Portland, Maine, and then found the boy riding his bike
near 33 Kenyon St. He was arrested and recommended to be held at a juvenile detention center, according to
officials.
The boy was also arrested in July 2007 for an armed robbery at a convenience store in the city's Mason Square
neighborhood and for selling Crack Cocaine in 2008, according to Delaney.
Suspect in 2 armed robberies nabbed in drive-through lane
9/25/09
BREWER, Maine — A Fairfield man who allegedly flashed a handgun while robbing two area businesses in two
days was caught by a police officer who saw him sitting in a fast food restaurant’s drive-through two hours after
the second robbery. BDN writer Judy Harrison contributed to this report.
9/30/09
Addison man gets six months for guns
BANGOR, Maine — An Addison man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to six months in federal prison
for violating federal gun laws.
Robert W. Johnson, 45, also was sentenced to three years of supervised release after he completes his prison term
and ordered to pay a fine of $8,000.
Johnson pleaded guilty in March to being in possession of a firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime
of domesticviolence.
He was convicted in 2001 of an assault on his former wife, according to court documents, which prohibited
Johnson from having guns. jharrison@bangordailynews.net
Fire chief carrying handgun at time of arrest
Submitted by Ann Kim on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 15:06
Portland Press Herald
WELLS -- Kennebunkport Fire Chief Paul Moshimer was carrying a concealed handgun with an expired permit when he was arrested for
assault last month.
Moshimer was charged with felony aggravated assault after he allegedly hit Peter Dugovic in the face with his motorcycle helmet Sept. 19.
The incident took place after Moshimer saw his fiancee's car parked at Dugovic's home on Burnt Mill Road, according to police. Police said
bones in Dugovic's face were broken.
Lt. Gerald Congdon said Moshimer told the officer about the .45-caliber handgun during his arrest, which took place without incident.
10/10/09 |Police track leads in shooting near motorcycle club
By Christopher Cousins
CANAAN, Maine — Police are investigating multiple leads after a Madison man was shot Thursday evening outside
a Hell’s Angels motorcycle club on Route 23, which is known locally as Hinckley Road.
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Man arrested in shooting at father’s Holden home
HOLDEN, Maine — A fight between a local man and his 29-year-old son escalated Sunday to the point where the son apparently pulled out a handgun and shot his father’s empty truck several times, Police Chief Gene Worcester said Monday.
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