Crime/Public Safety/Drugs MBHS Encourages Park, Stop, Look Lock (Augusta) Today’s warmer temperatures are a good reminder for families and caregivers to stop, look, and lock once you park. The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety says vehicular heatstroke is a leading cause of non-crash, vehicle-related deaths for children 14 and younger. Since 1998, when tracking began, […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Motorcycle Fatal (Biddeford) Another motorcycle fatality, this one in Biddeford Friday. Public Safety Officer Shannon Moss reports to Star 97.7, 21 yo Zachary Swain of Connecticut was exiting the turnpike when he failed to negotiate the curved southbound off-ramp. Swain struck the guardrail and was thrown from his bike. He was pronounced dead […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Parents, Grandmother Indicted in Death of 10 yo Boy (Bangor) The parents and grandmother of a ten year old Bangor boy who died were indicted this week for depraved indifference murder. A grand jury found probable cause to move forward with the case against Braxtyn Smith’s father, 33 yo Joshua Smith, mother, 35 […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Gorham Crash Victim (Gorham) The spring-like weather has brought out motorcyclists, and unfortunately, crash victims. Police say 22 yo Nolan Irish of Gorham died at the scene of a crash in Gorham on Tuesday. The incident happened shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Flaggy Meadow Road when Irish’s motorcycle collided with a Honda Civic […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Ellsworth Police Department Hopes t0 Equip Officers with Body Cameras (Ellsworth) The Ellsworth Police Department is hoping to equip officers with body cameras. The equipment is part of the Department’s draft budget proposal presented to City Councilors last week. Captain Shawn Willey told the Ellsworth American the cameras would help enhance transparency between […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Attorneys to Ask for New Trial in Perry Murder Trial (Machias) Attorneys are expected to ask for a new trial in the case of 39 yo Kailie Brackett , who was found guilty last year in the brutal murder of 43 yo Kimberly Neptune. Neptune was reportedly stabbed close to 500 times after […]
