Stephen J. Benner, 29, Rockland, violating protection from abuse order, March 8, Two Bridges Regional Jail 20 days.

Adam Allen, 42, Bath, operating unregistered snowmobile, Feb. 19, $200.

On Friday, April 14, Richard Austin, of Waldoboro, pleaded guilty in federal district court in Norfolk, Va. to trafficking juvenile American eels, aka “elvers” or “glass eels,” in violation of the Lacey Act, according to acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia, and acting Director Jim Kurth, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

In preparation for the increase in vehicle and pedestrian traffic during the summer, the Damariscotta Police Department recently conducted a detail targeting texting and driving.

John Andretta Jr., 28, Wiscasset, aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, Sept. 9, 2016, $400, Maine Department of Corrections four years; criminal conspiracy, Sept. 9, 2016, dismissed; violating condition of release, March 24, dismissed.

April Partin, 36, Boothbay Harbor, operating while license suspended or revoked, Dec. 21, 2016, $250.

Christopher Caswell, 60, Damariscotta, violating protection from abuse order, Aug. 29, 2016, two counts, both dismissed.

James Stewart Burgess, 27, Waldoboro, criminal mischief, June 30, 2016, refuse to submit to arrest or detention, refuse to stop, June 30, 2016, both dismissed.