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Several Arrested in Alleged Maine Drug Trafficking Operation
Over the last couple of decades, the work it takes to keep drugs off the streets of Maine has likely tripled. It's no secret that the drug epidemic has reached a fever pitch, not just here in Maine, but all around the country. And now, local police departments, drug enforcement agencies, sheriff's offices and state police units are working overtime to try and curb the drugs that have flooded our towns.
Warden’s K9 Finds Missing Person
WELD, Maine (WAGM) - For Game Wardens of Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, successfully finding someone lost in the vast wilderness of Maine can be one of the most rewarding parts of the job. Brian Bouchard caught up with one county k9 warden, who successfully found someone who had been missing for 4 days.
Babbott Park Bathrooms Targeted By Vandals
Vandals again made a mess of the public bathrooms at Babbott Park in Waterville, leaving them unable to be used for a Little League game. Earlier this month DPW Superintendent Jamie Bechy said he received a call from coaches of Little League saying the bathrooms were not clean enough to use. When Bechy inspected them, he found they had been deliberately made unclean.
New Jersey man pleads guilty to Maine post office burglaries, letter carrier robberies
PORTLAND (WGME) -- A New Jersey man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to burglarizing two Maine post offices and robbing two letter carriers at knifepoint. According to court records, 31-year-old Winston McLeod and Lance Funderburk broke into post offices in Paris and North Monmouth during a one-week period in January 2024 and stole money order printers, mail, computers, post office box keys, and other items.
Army Reserve punishes officers for dereliction of duty related to Maine shooting
An Army Reserve investigation found there were "multiple communication failures" about warning signs in the months before Army reservist Robert Card committed the worst mass shooting in Maine's history, in Lewiston, last October. The investigation into the shooting and into Card's suicide said the failures were with Card's chain of command and with the military and civilian hospitals which treated him for mental health concerns a few months before the shooting. Despite Card exhibiting "homicidal ideations" and speaking of a "hit list," he was discharged from the hospital with a "very low risk" of harm to himself or others in August...
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