Stories about Maine State Police
State police to get replacement pistols
By Mal Leary, Capitol News Service on June 19, 2011, at 7:29 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Legislation appropriating $233,000 to replace aging pistols used by the Maine State Police was killed by the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee after Col. Robert Williams, the chief of the state police, pledged to find resources within his budget to at least start the replacement ...
State police arrest two on theft, trespass charges
HUDSON, Maine — A Maine State Police trooper arrested two area men last week after they turned up at a local metal recycling facility with scrap metal they allegedly stole from a gravel operation on Wilder Davis Road. The suspects also had tools taken from the scene in their possession, ...
Maine state police beef up holiday enforcement
The Associated Press on May 27, 2011, at 4:50 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — There’ll be extra state police troopers on the roads in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont over the Memorial Day weekend looking for drunk and aggressive drivers. Col. Robert Williams, the chief of the Maine State Police, is urging drivers to avoid drinking and driving and speeding and ...
Three arrested in Harrington residence, charged with possession of oxycodone
HARRINGTON, Maine — A Maine state trooper who was checking out suspicious vehicles a week ago interrupted three local people allegedly doing drugs. Trooper Christopher Smith went to Mill Street in Harrington on May 9 after a man reported two vehicles parked behind his father’s vacant residence, according to the ...
Boy’s body discovered in South Berwick; police release photograph
BDN staff reports on May 15, 2011, at 5:08 a.m.
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Hoping to identify a young boy whose body was found along a remote road in southern Maine, police on Sunday set up a command post, began talking to local residents and released a computer-generated photo of the blue-eyed child. “The only way we’re going to be ...
Police continue investigation of Jay girl missing for 25 years
By Clarke Canfield, The Associated Press on May 09, 2011, at 4:36 a.m.
AUBURN, Maine — Twenty-five years after his 17-year-old daughter disappeared without a trace, Dick Moreau hasn’t slowed in his quest to find out what happened. Kim Moreau last was seen the night of May 9, 1986, when she left her home in the small western Maine town of Jay and ...
Committee endorses new Maine State Police chief
The Associated Press on May 05, 2011, at 5:03 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — After receiving ringing statements of support from a cross section of Maine law enforcement, 27-year Maine State Police veteran Robert Williams on Thursday won a legislative committee’s endorsement to head the force. The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee’s 13-0 vote virtually locks a favorable state Senate ...
Police arrest 112 on outstanding warrants in Maine
The Associated Press on April 13, 2011, at 2:03 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine State Police, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the U.S. Marshal’s Service have combined forces to make more than 100 arrests on outstanding warrants. State police assigned four troopers to locate the fugitives and additional troopers were used to make the arrests last month. Arrests took ...
LePage nominates Vassalboro man for state police chief post
on April 11, 2011, at 11:10 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Robert A. Williams of Vassalboro was nominated Monday to be the next chief of the Maine State Police. Williams is a 27-year veteran of the state police and has served for the past four years as the deputy chief of the department, holding the rank of lieutenant ...
One killed, one injured in plane crash on Maine-Quebec border
BDN staff reports on March 07, 2011, at 10:07 p.m.
Authorities began searching for a small plane experiencing trouble Monday afternoon and found the wreckage along the Maine-Quebec border later in the evening. One occupant of the plane was killed and another was injured, according to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety. According to Department of ...
Fire destroys family’s Pittsfield home
PITTSFIELD, Maine — An investigator from the State Fire Marshal’s Office is expected Monday at the scene of a fire that destroyed a Pittsfield family’s home Sunday afternoon. The home at 679 Canaan Road, which is also Route 2, was gutted by flames and is a total loss, according to ...
Search under way at Roque Bluffs State Park for missing Canadian man
ROQUE BLUFFS, Maine — Searchers continued the search Sunday for a missing Canadian man whose abandoned vehicle was found Friday at the Roque Bluffs State Park. The search began on Saturday after authorities were alerted to an abandoned vehicle located at the park late Friday afternoon. According to ...
State police investigate shooting death of Bangor teen
KNOX, Maine — Maine State Police are investigating the death of a Bangor teenager who was shot and killed Saturday night inside a home on the Dolloff Road, Stephen McCausland, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman, said in a Sunday press release. Tyler Seaney, 19, of Bangor was visiting a ...
Alcohol, speed factors in Harrington crash
HARRINGTON, Maine — Police believe alcohol and speed were factors in a crash that injured three people Monday night on U.S. Route 1 near Bigelow Field. The crash was reported to the Maine State Police at about 8:25 p.m. Trooper Chris Smith said the vehicle involved in the crash was ...
Report: University of Maine System teacher-training programs rank among worst in nation
Cutler man gets 3 years, ordered to pay nearly $143,000 for theft of veterans disability benefits
We don’t understand female politicians
LePage fails to surprise on Medicaid expansion
Obama’s gamble in Syria
The cost of requiring more renewable power
Maine Sports Hall of Fame revokes Dana Wilson’s 2012 induction
Rask gives Bruins 2-1 series lead
Retiring Hermon High School athletic administrator Soucy maintains love of sports
Corinth runner’s path to national titles began with adoption by pastor and wife
25 things to do this summer — boats, barbecue, the Bard and everything else
Saying goodbye to our Pakistani daughter
