Acting U.S. Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced Tuesday, May 2, that Joseph W. Griffin, D.M.D. has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the U.S. and the state of Maine in which he will pay $90,000 to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims to MaineCare, Maine’s Medicaid program, from July 1, 2014 through July 1, 2015.

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.