2020
Questions still remain after area shootings
Schools went in lockdown mode throughout Machias on February 3 as law enforcement responded to reports of multiple shootings in Jonesboro and Machias.
Crime & Public Safety
2020
Court hears 911 call made before killing in St. Stephen case
A 911 emergency operator listened while Crystal Ann Tracey loudly told her ex-partner Irving John Hastey, "Go!" on December 24, 2018, according to facts presented in Saint John Court of Queen's Bench on January 22 at Hastey's sentencing hearing on a charge of manslaughter.
2019
Disappearance now considered homicide
The RCMP now suspect that a teenager missing from St. Stephen since 2017 died as a result of homicide.
2019
Little Ridge man charged with killing woman in St. Stephen
Irving John Hastey, 55, of Little Ridge returns to Saint John Provincial Court on January 14 charged with second-degree murder and breaching an undertaking. The RCMP brought him to court in custody on December 27, charged with the death of Crystal Ann Tracey...
2018
Four more deputies sought to combat drug-related crime
Washington County is seeing a game-changing shift in drug-related crimes that are being driven by a change in drug dealer make-up.
2018
County looking for game plan to fight drug-related crimes
The Washington County Sheriff's Office along with other law enforcement agencies has been asked by the county commissioners to create a "game plan" for effectively combating the escalating climate of drug-related crimes. Despite being rescheduled because...
2018
Armed robber flees from store on bicycle
A bicycle-riding armed robber from Charlotte being pursued by police from three agencies did not make it very far on the dark, icy road back home after holding up the Dollar General store in Pembroke...