Crime & Public Safety

The discovery of a deceased woman believed to be from Lubec in the trunk of a car at Bailey's Mistake has led to the arrest of her boyfriend on a charge of murder.

The investigation into the shooting death of a 17 year old New York man found in Machias on November 4 has led to the arrests of three men in connection with the homicide, which police now say was drug related.

Responding to claims of a surge in vandalism, speeding, property damage and theft, Washington County Sheriff Barry Curtis and Chief Deputy Michael Crabtree spoke to a full house during the September 1 meeting of the Lubec Select Board.

Three suspects were arrested for robbery following a high-speed chase after they tied up and assaulted a Pembroke man in his home early Sunday morning, April 18.

A former officer with the Calais Police Department has been arrested after allegedly providing drugs to a student at Narraguagus High School. Jeffrey Bishop, 53, of Cherryfield left the Calais department less than a week before he was arrested on the drug-trafficking charges.

The man who allegedly killed three people and wounded another during a shooting spree in the Machias area last February reportedly stated shortly afterward to those at the Machias American Legion hall...