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Lincoln County indictments, July 15:
Matthew J. Donovan Jr., 38, Bath, class C domestic violence assault, class C domestic violence criminal threatening, class C domestic violence terrorizing, class D criminal mischief, class D cruelty to animals – criminal.
Police say a 26-year-old Wiscasset woman was distracted and speeding when she crossed the centerline and caused a June crash that killed a 71-year-old Edgecomb man.
Over the years, Camden defense attorney Jeremy Pratt said he’s probably had a thousand clients who’ve faced a grand jury.
The Damariscotta Police Department is issuing a warning about financial fraud in connection with a series of smash-and-grab vehicle burglaries in January.
The Damariscotta Police Department is reminding residents to renew vehicle registrations, register new vehicles, and complete state inspections, if necessary, before July 11, when enforcement of registration and inspection will resume.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office will host a community forum on use of force and systemic racism in policing at the Bremen fire station from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, July 9.
Maine Game Warden Joey Lefebvre was named the Maine Warden Service’s 2019 Warden of the Year on Thursday, June 25. Lefebvre, who has been a game warden for 25 years, mostly in Lincoln and Knox counties, said this is his final year.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has disbarred Jonathan C. Hull, an attorney who lives in Newcastle and had practiced in Damariscotta until his August 2018 suspension, for five years, citing allegations of embezzlement from two nonprofits he served as treasurer and from two clients.
A rollover on River Road in Newcastle the night of Thursday, June 18 trapped a 22-year-old Edgecomb man under a pickup and sent him to the hospital with a non-life-threatening leg injury.
Roger Feltis died from injuries inflicted with a knife, according to an update from Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland at 2:55 p.m., Friday, June 19. The Maine State Police and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office continue to investigate the circumstances of his death.
A 23-year-old Wiscasset motorcyclist twice pointed a handgun at the occupants of another vehicle during a road rage incident in Wiscasset on Friday, June 12.
District Attorney Natasha Irving says she will prosecute a former Waldoboro police officer who shot and killed a teenager in 2007 if the state does not file a murder charge first, but Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey says she has no authority to do so.
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating an incident of arson that caused minor damage to the side of the Finest Kind Medicinals building on Route 1 in Waldoboro.
The Wiscasset Police Department has recovered two kayaks, believed stolen from the Waldoboro area, as the result of a traffic stop. The owner of the kayaks is asked to call the department at 882-8203.
