Tag: Maine agencies: Page 5

Patrol

Video: Maine Police Escort Special Needs Couple to High School Prom

Ethan Hill and Sophie Saunders arrived at their prom in style and with a police escort Saturday. They both have special needs and are beloved by their community.

May 17, 2016

Patrol

Video: Maine Patrol Car Camera Captures Images of Huge Meteor Fireball

A Portland, ME, officer's in-car video system captured spectacular footage of a meteor burning up over New England early Tuesday morning.

May 17, 2016

Patrol

Ex-Con in Custody After Five Shot, Two Fatally in Northern Maine Rampage

Maine State Police say a former convict shot five people, two of them fatally, during a rampage across several northern Maine towns before being captured.

July 17, 2015

Patrol

Maine Couple Arrested for Videoing Officers Sues Portland Officer

The lawsuit, brought with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, says that Jill Walker and Sabatino Scattoloni were charged with obstructing government administration on May 25 in downtown Portland.

September 16, 2014

Patrol

Maine Officer Saves Elderly Motorist's Life at Traffic Stop

After a Kennebunk police officer pulled Gavin Falconer, 84, over for speeding, Falconer slumped over in his vehicle. He wasn't breathing and had no pulse.

July 30, 2014

Training

Maine Trooper Cleared In Shooting

A Maine State Police trooper was justified in using deadly force when a man pointed a hunting rifle at him in June, the state's attorney general announced Tuesday.

October 8, 2013

Technology

MorphoTrust Secures Trio of Fingerprinting Contracts

MorphoTrust USA (Safran) has secured fingerprinting contracts in Maine, Michigan, and Florida that could yield up to $54 million in revenue over the next six years.

June 27, 2013

Patrol

Trooper Stops Wrong-Way Driver with Cruiser

Maine State Trooper Douglas Cropper got a call that an elderly man was driving the wrong way down I-295 in Portland and was headed in his direction. The trooper was prepared to ram the vehicle, but was able to stop it by edging the nose of his patrol car onto the highway, forcing the driver to crash into him.

November 26, 2012

Training

Maine Sgt. Reported To Work Drunk

A Maine State Police sergeant summoned in late June for operating her state police cruiser while under the influence of alcohol acknowledged Monday that she has a problem with alcohol and is getting the help she needs.

November 26, 2012

Patrol

Maine Supreme Court OKs Release of Prostitute's 'John' List

The Maine Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Maine police department to publicly release the names of more than 150 clients of a fitness instructor now accused of running a prostitution business out of her Kennebunk studio.

October 14, 2012

Weapons

Small Arsenal Seized From Maine Suspect

A Maine man who was pulled over Sunday on the Maine Turnpike with an AK-47 assault rifle, several semi-automatic handguns, ammunition and news clippings about the Colorado theater shootings in his car remained in jail Monday on $50,000 cash bail.

July 23, 2012

Patrol

Maine Town Loses Law Enforcement for a Year

Lubec, Maine, will likely be without regular law enforcement services for a year, after the Washington County Sheriff's Department canceled its contract with the town.

June 17, 2012