Cops and Courts

Police nab felon who threatened to bring gun to Walmart

By Stephen Betts - Aug 23
A 25-year-old man from Connecticut was arrested Thursday evening, Aug. 22, and charged with threatening to bring a gun to the local Walmart, which ...
Video threat leads to closure of Thomaston Walmart

By Stephen Betts - Aug 22
The Walmart just off Route 1 closed early Wednesday night, Aug. 21, after police received a warning that a man had posted a video online saying he ...
Rockport police blotter

Aug 20
Rockport police issued the following citations from July 30 to Aug. 19: Adam Doherty, 35, Rockport, warrants. Anthony McKechnie, 39, Union, ...
Camden police blotter

Aug 20
The Camden Police Department reported the following activity from July 31 through Aug. 18: July 31 Theodore R. Emery, 34, of Belfast, was summoned ...
Thomaston woman succumbs to crash injuries

By Stephen Betts - Aug 19
A Thomaston woman who was injured Aug. 13 in a car crash on Route 17 in Union has died. Amy Thompson, 26, died Aug. 15 at Eastern Maine Medical ...
Sheriff's Office responds to two weapons threats over ...

By Stephen Betts - Aug 19
Two complaints of threatening with a dangerous weapon by individuals in Washington tied up deputies a good part of Saturday night, Aug. 17. The ...
Knox County deeds

Aug 19
The following deed transfers were recorded from Aug. 12 through Aug. 16 at the Knox County Registry of Deeds. Camden Catherine E. Ward to Mallory ...
Police say drunk driver struck fire truck, clipped pizza ...

Aug 17
A Cushing woman was arrested Thursday evening, Aug. 15, after police said she sideswiped a Thomaston fire truck and clipped a Domino's pizza ...
Former finance chief files age discrimination suit

By Stephen Betts - Aug 16
The former chief financial officer and chief operating officer for a chain of assisted living facilities based in Rockland has sued her former ...
Man claims he was injured falling into Rockland trash hopper

By Stephen Betts - Aug 16
A Rockland man has sued the city, claiming he was injured when he slipped at the transfer station and fell into the trash hopper. Tony L. Randall ...
Man who broke into South School second time sentenced

By Stephen Betts - Aug 16
A 26-year-old Rockland man who broke into South School in April -- the second time he had committed that offense -- was sentenced Thursday, Aug. ...
Knox County closed cases

Aug 16
The following cases were completed in the Knox County court from Aug. 9 through Aug. 16. Douglass G. Mills, 68, Rockland, possessing sexually ...