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.
Crime & Public Safety
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...
2017
Four arrested on drug charges at Pleasant Point
Four area residents have been charged with trafficking or possession of heroin and cocaine, following a traffic stop at Pleasant Point. The four have now been banished from the reservation.
2016
Local man charged in armed robberies
A series of brazen armed robberies occurred in Machias shortly after 9 a.m. on Monday, September 19. A local man, Devon Andrews, 41, of Cutler, was arrested soon after the robberies.
2016
Threat leads to lockdown of area schools
The era of mass shooting threats and response tactics has now reached Washington County. On September 20, students, parents and staff of the Eastport school system had their morning turned upside down with a school lockdown, evacuation and the presence of armed law enforcement officers.
2015
Eastport man indicted for manslaughter
A Washington County grand jury has indicted a 39-year-old Eastport man for manslaughter in the September 10 death of Maurice Allen Harris of Eastport, finding there is sufficient evidence to charge Hazen McDugald with "recklessly or with criminal negligence" causing Harris' death.